title: [Hemopoietic precursor cells in the intima of the atheromatous human aorta].
abstract: Granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM) were found in the intima of human atheromatous aorta. Granulocyte-macrophage colonies were recovered on the 14th day of culturing of intimal cells suspensions on agar. Medium conditioned by normal leukocytes in the presence of phytohaemagglutinin was used as a source of the colony-stimulating factor. Grossly normal and atheromatous intima contained different number of CFU-GM. No GM were recovered from fibrous plaques. By light and electron microscopies, the injured aortic intima contained the clusters of blood-born cells that were at various stages of granulocytopoiesis (including blasts and mature cells) and poorly differentiated lymphocyte-like cells. The results obtained suggest that in human aortic intima proliferation and differentiation of CFU-GM occur at early stages of atherogenesis, prior to fibrous plaque formation.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Soboleva
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Popkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Gemopoéticheskie kletki-predshestvenniki v intime ateromatoznoĭ aorty cheloveka.