Do [ Human umbilical cord blood-derived mononuclear cells repopulate injured mouse liver ]?
HUCB-derived mononuclear cells can differentiate into functional human hepatocytes and biliary cells in large quantity in mouse models with acute liver injury, thus a great progress were made in establishing mouse models with chimeric liver.
These studies reveal that NO derived from NO-donors or generated by NOS within the cells, upregulates the synthesis of VEGF in vascular smooth muscle cells. Administration of NO donors, or augmentation of endogenous NO synthesis, may be an alternative approach in therapeutic angiogenesis.