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. 2023 Mar 20;12(6):2399. doi: 10.3390/jcm12062399

Table 1.

Markers of endothelial progenitor cells in clinical trials.

Marker Clinical Trials (Analyzed Disease) Clinical Issue PMID
cKit+ COVID-19 and bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation, glioblastoma growth glioblastoma Atherosclerosis, angiogenesis in cancer, vasculogenesis in cardiovascular diseases 33205351, 24311637, 20821342
CD19+ COVID-19 and bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation Vasculogenesis in cardiovascular diseases 33205351
CD31+ Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, ovarian cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, ovarian or peritoneal cancer, epithelial ovarian cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, stent implantation Angiogenesis in cancer, angiogenic sprouting and vessel permeability, tumor microvessel density, microvascularization, metastasis, injury by implantation 34921022, 33103699, 29059426, 26210785, 20870280, 20388201, 20130876, 25915510
CD34+ COVID-19 and bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation, epithelial ovarian cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, hypoxic stress, arterial erectile dysfunction Vasculogenesis in cardiovascular diseases, metastasis, injury by hypoxia, cavernous arterial insufficiency 33205351, 20388201, 20130876, 27761657, 21868743
CD45+ COVID-19 and bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation, electronic cigarettes Vasculogenesis in cardiovascular diseases, increase of endothelial progenitor cells 33205351, 27693003
CD14+ Angiogenic Homeostasis in Diabetes¸ hypoxic stress, electronic cigarettes Injury in diabetes, injury by hypoxia, increase of endothelial progenitor cells 31102457, 27761657, 27693003
CD105+ Epithelial ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer Cancer angiogenesis, neoangiogenesis 20388201, 19135712
CD144/VE-cadherin+ Atrial fibrillation, electronic cigarettes¸ oxidative stress and hypoxia by extreme altitude, stent implantation, arterial erectile dysfunction, ingestion of saturated fatty acids Protrombotic injury, increase of endothelial progenitor cells, injury by hypoxia and oxidative stress, injury by implantation, cavernous arterial insufficiency, injury by saturated fatty acids 33237804, 27693003, 26820158, 25915510, 21868743, 19846183
CD146+ Mediterranean diet with nuts (MedDiet-nuts), coronary artery disease, metastatic colorectal cancer, coronary intervention Cardiovascular risk,
stress-induced arteriogenesis, prognosis, extent of endothelial injury
27052787, 23056467, 21825101, 20846600
CD45- Metastatic pancreatic cancer, arterial erectile dysfunction Metastasis formation, cavernous arterial insufficiency 20130876, 21868743
CD146- Cancer therapy Prognosis 22028623
Tie2- Angiogenesis in glioblastoma Cancer angiogenesis 20821342
vWF+ Hematological malignancy Thrombosis and bleeding complications. 31390488
VEGFR2+ Angiogenesis in glioblastoma, tumor shrinkage clear-cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, acute myeloid leukemia, advanced cancer Cancer angiogenesis 20821342, 20215520, 19284623, 19188183, 17169805, 15867205
Flk-1 Metastatic breast cancer, seasonal allergic rhinitis Tumor progression, angiogenesis in patients with asthma 17651148, 22585426