Table 1.

Characterization of bone marrow-derived MNCs and cultured EPCs

	MNCs (day 0), %	EPCs (day 7), %
CD34	19.44 ± 2.16	48.09 ± 3.18
CD133	16.45 ± 0.41	42.86 ± 2.36
VEGFR-2	9.97 ± 3.49	15.44 ± 1.23
VE-cadherin	7.29 ± 3.35	16.28 ± 4.25
CD34/CD133	12.67 ± 0.85	34.16 ± 4.58
CD34/VEGFR2	6.28 ± 1.41	15.26 ± 4.74
CD45	64.10 ± 10.49	9.71 ± 1.02

Data are expressed as means ± SE; n = 3 for each group. MNCs, mononuclear cells (freshly isolated); EPCs, endothelial progenitor cells (cultured for 7 days); VEGFR-2, VEGF receptor-2.