Figure 2
From: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in sepsis with acute renal dysfunction (ARD)
Proliferative activity of peripheral circulating EPCs in sepsis patients as compared to healthy controls. CFU-ECs (colony-forming unit endothelial cells) were lower in sepsis patients than in healthy controls. The differences appeared independently from the mean serum creatinine levels, subgroup analysis revealed that (I) all patients with sepsis, and (II) patients within the 'normal creatinine group', and (III) patients within the 'high creatinine group' showed significant impairment of endothelial progenitor cell proliferation as compared to healthy controls. Patients within the 'high creatinine group' showed an even more pronounced reduction in EPC proliferation than patients within the 'normal creatinine group' (Results as mean ± SEM).