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Angiogenesis opens a way for Chinese medicine to treat stroke

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Based on the pathophysiology of the brain, advance in angiogenesis induced by stroke, and evidences of Chinese-medicine-mediated angiogenesis, the possibility to study the stroke-treating mechanism of Chinese medicine in angiogenesis was discussed. And regarding our previous work on angiogenesis modulated by qi-tonifying and stasis-eliminating therapy following intracerebral hemorrhage, we proposed some questions, which should be taken into account in the further work.

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  1. Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China

    A-li Yang  (杨阿莉), Qing-hua Liang  (梁清华), Han-jin Cui  (崔寒尽), Jie-kun Luo  (罗杰坤) & Tao Tang  (唐 涛)

  2. Institute of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China

    A-li Yang  (杨阿莉)

  3. Key Labatory of Chinese Gan of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicien, Changsha, 410008, China

    A-li Yang  (杨阿莉), Qing-hua Liang  (梁清华), Han-jin Cui  (崔寒尽), Jie-kun Luo  (罗杰坤) & Tao Tang  (唐 涛)

  4. Department of Neurology, Yichang Central Hospital, Yichang, 443003, Hubei Province, China

    Hua-jun Zhou  (周华军)

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30400581, 30873221, 81173175 and 81202625), Project for New Century Excellent Talents (No. NCET-11-0522), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 10JJ2023) and the Key-discipline Construct Programs of Hunan Province and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicien

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Yang, Al., Liang, Qh., Cui, Hj. et al. Angiogenesis opens a way for Chinese medicine to treat stroke. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 19, 815–819 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-013-1342-1

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