Abstract
This editorial focuses on new data on the role of platelets of the recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells to sites of vascular lesion and their differentiation into endothelium. Questions of further research are raised.
MeSH terms
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Blood Platelets / pathology*
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Cell Communication / physiology*
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Cell Differentiation / physiology
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Cell Movement / physiology
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Cell Proliferation
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Chemokine CXCL12 / physiology
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Diabetes Mellitus / pathology*
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Endothelium, Vascular / pathology*
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Humans
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells / pathology*