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Focus on biological identity of endothelial progenitors cells.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 1 Nov 2015
Zaccone V, Flore R, Santoro L, De Matteis G, Giupponi B, Li Puma D D, Santoliquido A
Abstract excerpt
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPCs) were discovered by Asahara et al in 1997 and defined as bone marrow CD34+/KDR+ cells endowed with angiogenic potentialities in vitro and in vivo. The most likely assumption is that EPCs consist of several cell subpopulations with functions targeted at accomplishing the post-natal neovascularization process in a synergic and complementary fashion. Indeed, the...
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