Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Diabetic Microvascular Complications: Friends or Foes?

• Main Authors: Cai-Guo Yu (Author), Ning Zhang (Author), Sha-Sha Yuan (Author), Yan Ma (Author), Long-Yan Yang (Author), Ying-Mei Feng (Author), Dong Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite being featured as metabolic disorder, diabetic patients are largely affected by hyperglycemia-induced vascular abnormality. Accumulated evidence has confirmed the beneficial effect of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in coronary heart disease. However, antivascular endothelial growth fact...