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Phenotypic and functional characterization of endothelial colony forming cells derived from human umbilical cord blood.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 13 Apr 2012
Prasain Nutan, Meador J Luke, Yoder Mervin C
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Longstanding views of new blood vessel formation via angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and arteriogenesis have been recently reviewed. The presence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were first identified in adult human peripheral blood by Asahara et al. in 1997 bringing an infusion of new hypotheses and strategies for vascular regeneration and repair. EPCs are rare but normal components of...
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