Table 2 EPC marker

Peripheral blood circulating EPC

vWF, CD31, CD34, VEGF-R2, CD105, CD146

Untergasser et al. [21]

Peripheral blood circulating EPC

CD34+/CD133+/VEGF-R2+

Capiod et al. [22]

Peripheral blood circulating EPC

CD133−, CD34+, VEGFR-2, VE-cadherin, eNOS, vWF

Hristov, Weber [23]

Peripheral blood circulating EPC

Positive for acetylated LDL, vWF, P1H12, thrombomodulin, flk-1, VE-cadherin, PECAM-1, CD34, CD14-

Lin et al. [24]

Peripheral blood circulating EPC

CD31, Tie-2, and Flk-1, VEGFR-2

Ito et al. [25]; Hill et al. [66]

Bone marrow derived EPC

CD31(+), c-Kit(+), Sca-1(+), Lin(−)

Khoo et al. [26]

Bone marrow derived EPC

VEGFR-2, CD31, VE-cadherin, vWF

Hristov et al. [27]

Bone marrow derived EPC

Flk1(+)CD31(−)CD34(−)

Guo et al. [28]

Bone marrow derived EPC

KDR, vWF, eNOS, VE-cadherin, CD146, uptake of DiI-acetylated LDL and binding of lectin

Yoon et al. [29]

Bone marrow derived EPC

Flk-1, Tie-2, Sca-1, and CD34

Asahara et al. [56]

Embryo derived EPC

Early: Flk-1, PECAM, and tie-2, VEGF; mature: tie-I, MECA-32 antigen, VE-cadherin, and MEC-14.7

Vittet et al. [30]

Embryo derived EPC

BS Lectin, vWF, DiI Ac-LDL

Doetschman et al. [31]

Embryo derived EPC

CD31, CD34, Flk-1, VE-cadherin, and vWF, uptake of DiI-ac-LDL

Li et al. [32]

Embryo derived EPC

eNOS, VEGF Flk-1 and Flt-1, VE-cadherin, CD34, PECAM-1

McCloskey et al. [33]; Glaser et al. [34]

Cord blood EPC

UEA Lectin Binding, VEGF receptor-2, vWF, CD31, CD34, eNOS, Ac-LDL-uptake

Schmidt et al. [35]

Cord blood EPC

DiI ac-LDL, KDR, VE-cadherin, CD31, vWF, CD45−

Murohara et al. [36]

Cord blood EPC

VEGFR-2, KDR, VE Cadherin (CD144), CD18, and CD61, acetylated LDL uptake and ulex lectin binding

Ahrens et al. [37]

Cord blood EPC

Positive: CD31, VE-cadherin, and vWF Negative: CD45, CD90, α-SMA

Lin et al. [38]

Cord blood EPC

Flt-1/VEGFR-1, ecNOS, VE-cadherin, von Willebrand factor, and secreted VEGF

Jang et al. [39]

HUVEC derived EPC

vWF, CD31, CD34, UEA-1 lectin

Hughes et al. [40]

HUVEC derived EPC

CD133, P1H12, VEGFR2, PECAM, and endoglin, ICAM1

Bagley et al. [41]

HUVEC derived EPC

Ac LDL, VEGFR1, VEGFR2, FLT-1 and KDR

Carvalho et al. [42]