期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
卷 50, 期 2, 页码 266-272出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.07.009
关键词
Endothelial progenitor cell (EPC); Endothelial cells
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [T32 DK007519] Funding Source: Medline
The term endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) was coined to refer to circulating cells that displayed the ability to display cell surface antigens similar to endothelial cells in vitro, to circulate and lodge in areas of ischemia or vascular injury, and to facilitate the repair of damaged blood vessels or augment development of new vessels as needed by a tissue. More than 10 years after the first report, the term EPC is used to refer to a host of circulating cells that display some or all of the qualities indicated above, however, essentially all of the cells are now known to be members of the hematopoietic lineage. The exception is a rare viable circulating endothelial cell with clonal proliferative potential that displays the ability to spontaneously form inosculating human blood vessels upon implantation into immunodeficient murine host tissues. This paper will review the current lineage relationships among all the cells called EPC and will propose that the term EPC be retired and that each of the circulating cell subsets be referred to according to the terms already existent for each subset. This article is part of a special issue entitled, Cardiovascular Stem Cells Revisited. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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