Endothelial progenitor cells: identity defined?

• Published in: Journal of cellular and molecular medicine Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 87 - 102
• Main Authors: Timmermans, Frank, Plum, Jean, Yöder, Mervin C., Ingram, David A., Vandekerckhove, Bart, Case, Jamie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2009; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Animal models; Animals; Biology; Blood vessels; Blood Vessels - physiology; Blood Vessels - physiopathology; Bone marrow; Bone Marrow Cells - cytology; Bone Marrow Cells - physiology; CD133; CD34; CD45; CD45 antigen; Cell Differentiation; Cell Separation; Cells; Embryogenesis; Endothelial cells; Endothelial Cells - cytology; Endothelial Cells - physiology; endothelial progenitor cells; Endothelium, Vascular - cytology; Endothelium, Vascular - physiology; Flow cytometry; haematopoietic cells; Hematopoietic stem cells; Homeostasis; Humans; Immunophenotyping; Laboratories; Medical research; Neovascularization, Pathologic; Neovascularization, Physiologic; Pathology; Progenitor cells; Reviews; Stem cells; Stem Cells - cytology; Stem Cells - physiology; Tumors; Vascular diseases; Vascularization

•  Introduction •  The proof‐of‐concept in vivo: the cell, the read‐out and the animal model ‐  The CEPC: Still a putative cell ‐  Do CEPCs play an essential role in vascular (patho)physiology? ‐  The in vivo read‐out and animal model •  EPCs defined in vitro: the achilles heel in EPC biology ‐  EOC...