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ReviewRegenerative medicine research2013

Endothelial progenitor cells in cardiovascular diseases: from biomarker to therapeutic agent.

Hui-Bin Liu, Yuan-Feng Gong, Chang-Jiang Yu, Ying-Ying Sun, Xin-Yuan Li, Dan Zhao, Zhi-Ren Zhang

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Review in Regenerative medicine research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Life, Pregnancy and Disease.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hui-Bin LiuDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Yuan-Feng GongDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Chang-Jiang YuDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Ying-Ying SunDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Xin-Yuan LiDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Dan ZhaoDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.
Zhi-Ren ZhangDepartments of Clinical Pharmacy and Cardiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150086 P.R. China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regenerative medicine techniques to recover cardiac and vascular function are being increasingly investigated as management strategies for cardiovascular diseases. Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) derived from bone marrow are immature cells capable of differentiating into mature endothelial cells and play a role in vascular reparative processes and neoangiogenesis. The potency of EPCs for cardiovascular regeneration has been demonstrated in many preclinical studies and therapeutic utility of EPCs has been evaluated in early-phase clinical trials. However, the regenerative activity and efficiency of the differentiation of EPCs are still limited, and a directed differentiation method for EPCs cells has not been fully demonstrated. In this review, we introduce the role of circulating EPCs as biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases and medical applications of EPCs for cardiovascular regeneration.

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BiomarkersCardiovascular regenerationEndothelial progenitor cells

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PMID25984328
PMCPMC4430916

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