Endothelial progenitor cells: Identity defined?

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-102

  Timmermans, Frank ^a   Plum, Jean ^a   Yöder, Mervin C ^b   Ingram, David A ^b   Vandekerckhove, Bart ^a   Case, Jamie ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD133; CD34; CD45; Endothelial progenitor cells; Haematopoietic cells

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 58649108952     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00598.x     Document Type: Review

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