title: Endothelial progenitor cells and coronary artery disease.
abstract: Endothelial progenitor cells have radically altered the way in which vascular biologists and clinicians think about the genesis, development, and healing of atherosclerotic lesions.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors