adult endothelial progenitor cell
An adult angioblastic cell released from the bone marrow, or from the kidney in some teleost species, capable of blood circulation and participation in angiogenesis by differentiating into blood vessel endothelial cells. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20807818 WikipediaVersioned:Endothelial_progenitor_cell&oldid=1069930016 GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9020076 ]
Synonyms: EPC
Term info
The existence of adult endothelial progenitor cells has been controversial in the past.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-3228
2011-03-14T12:11:18Z
https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/issues/348, https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/issues/1410