Regulation of EPCs: The Gateway to Blood Vessel Formation

Table 1

Regulation of EPC phenotype.

	Endothelial markers	Adhesion molecules	Progenitor markers	References
Stimulation
GATA2	↑CD31, vWF		↑CD117	[81, 85]
Id1	↓CD144, vWF		↓CD133, CD34	[96]
PPAR	↑CD31, CD144	↑ICAM-1		[106]
PPAR	↑CD144, vWF	↓ICAM-1, VCAM-1		[116, 121]
Nanog	↓CD31, CD144, vWF			[134, 136]
Inhibition
Id1		↑ Integrin α4		[88]

vWF: von Willebrand factor; ICAM-1: intercellular adhesion molecule-1; VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.