Endothelial progenitor cells: Quod Erat Demonstrandum?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 3245-3251

  Strunk, Dirk ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

EC; ECFC; Endothelial cells; EPC; Progenitor cells; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EID: 80055083014     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211797904127     Document Type: Review

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