Therapeutic Potential of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood.

Therapeutic Potential of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther. 2019 Feb 14;: Authors: Jia J, Ma B, Wang S, Feng L Abstract Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are implicated in mutiple biologic processes such as vascular homeostasis, neovascularization and tissue regeneration, and tumor angiogenesis. A subtype of EPCs is referred to as endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs), which display robust clonal proliferative potential and can form durable and functional blood vessels in animal models. In this review, we provide a brief overview of EPCs' characteristics, classification and origins, a summary of the progress in preclinical studies as regard to the therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord blood derived ECFCs (CB-ECFCs) for ischemia repair, tissue engineering and tumor, and highlight the necessity to select high proliferative CB-ECFCs and to optimize their recovery and expansion conditions. PMID: 30767752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy - Category: Stem Cells Authors: Tags: Curr Stem Cell Res Ther Source Type: research