Ischemic Preconditioning Increases Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number to Attenuate Partial Nephrectomy-Induced Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Figure 5
Percentage of CD34+/Flk-1+ cells within the kidney mononuclear cell population.
In the PN group, the percentages of EPCs within the kidney mononuclear cell population were not significantly different following renal reperfusion at any of the time points. In contrast, treatment with IPC resulted in a marked increase in EPC number. Data are shown as mean ± SEM. *Significant difference vs. Sham group (P<0.05); #significant difference vs. PN group (P<0.05).