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Surface markers: An identity card of endothelial cells
Author(s) -
Ribatti Domenico,
Tamma Roberto,
Ruggieri Simona,
Annese Tiziana,
Crivellato Enrico
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microcirculation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.793
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1549-8719
pISSN - 1073-9688
DOI - 10.1111/micc.12587
Subject(s) - endothelial stem cell , lymphatic endothelium , vascular endothelial growth factor c , vascular endothelial growth factor b , vasculogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , endothelium , biology , lymphatic system , pathology , immunology , medicine , vascular endothelial growth factor a , cancer research , in vitro , vascular endothelial growth factor , endocrinology , vegf receptors , biochemistry
All endothelial cells have the common characteristic that they line the vessels of the blood circulatory system. However, endothelial cells display a large degree of heterogeneity in the function of their location in the vascular tree. In this article, we have summarized the expression patterns of a number of well‐accepted endothelial surface markers present in normal microvascular endothelial cells, arterial and venous endothelial cells, lymphatic endothelial cells, tumor endothelial cells, and endothelial precursor cells.