aDepartment of Cardiology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong
bDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou
cDepartment of Cardiology, Shenzhen Sun Yat-sen Cardiovascular Hospital, Shenzhen
dShenzhen University School of Medicine & Shenzhen University Health Science Center, China
Correspondence to Ruqiong Nie, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China. Tel: +86 20 81332199; fax: +86 20 81332199; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; CFUs, colony forming units; DESs, drug-eluting stents; eNOS-/-, endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice; EPCs, endothelial progenitor cells; GFP, green fluorescent protein; H2S, hydrogen sulphide; HUVECs, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; MTS, One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay contains 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium, inner salt; NaHS, sodium hydrosulfide; NO, nitric oxide, PBMNCs; peripheral blood mononuclear cells, PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention, VSMCs; vascular smooth muscle cells
Received 29 June, 2018
Accepted 2 October, 2018
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