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. 2017 Mar 15;5:41. doi: 10.3389/fped.2017.00041

Table 2.

The most commonly used nomenclature and associated staining protocol for flow cytometry identification of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs).

Flow cytometry
Name Staining protocol Reference
EPC/circulating endothelial precursor CD45− and/or CD34+AC133+KDR+ (9, 24)
Circulating endothelial cell CD31brightCD34+CD45−CD133− (25)
Pro-angiogenic circulating progenitor cell (CPC) CD45dimCD34+CD31+AC133+ (13, 20)
Non-angiogenic CPC CD45dimCD34+CD31+AC133− (13, 20)
Endothelial colony-forming cell CD45−CD34+CD31+AC133−CD146+ (13, 21)