Endothelial progenitor cells and coronary artery disease: Current concepts and future research directions

Vascular injury is a frequent pathology in coronary artery disease. To repair the vasculature, scientists have found that endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have excellent properties associated with angiogenesis. Over time, research on EPCs has made encouraging progress regardless of pathology or clinical technology. This review focuses on the origins and cell markers of EPCs, and the connection between EPCs and coronary artery disease. In addition, we summarized various studies of EPC-capturing stents and EPC infusion therapy, and aim to learn from past technology to predict the future.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  World Journal of Clinical Cases

• Publication date

  2021-10-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i30.8953PMID 34786379PMCID 8567528
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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