Aims: Recent results generated in a mouse model suggest that tumour angiogenesis/
vasculogenesis can be initiated and maintained by bone marrow derived endothelial …

Since their discovery about a decade ago, endothelial precursor cells (EPC) have been
subjected to intensive investigation. The vision to stimulate respectively suppress a key …

Background Bone marrow-derived progenitors for both epithelial and endothelial cells have
been observed in the lung. Besides mature endothelial cells (EC) that compose the adult …

Stimulation of chemotaxis of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) with the
chemoattractive peptide fMLP (N‐formyl‐Met‐Leu‐Phe) is paralleled by profound …

We studied the chemotactic effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide, vasoactive intestinal
peptide, substance P (SP), and secretoneurin on PBMC and PBL using micropore filter …

The 2009 European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
have been adopted for Germany. The guidelines contain detailed recommendations on the …

Pravastatin, a hydrophilic inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, has
been reported to beneficially affect atherogenesis, plaque stability, and transient myocardial …

The neuropeptide substance P (SP) can modulate a number of immunological functions in
vitro and in vivo. Here, we investigated if SP boosts migration and cytotoxicity of natural killer …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by progressive obliteration of the
small pulmonary vascular bed as a result of vascular proliferation and remodelling of the …

Secretoneurin is a newly discovered 33‐amino‐acid peptide derived from secretogranin II
(chromogranin C) that is found in sensory afferent C‐fibers. We show here that …