title: Challenges Facing the Use of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Stem Cell Therapies.
abstract: The paper summarizes the difficulties to study the rare population of endothelial progenitor cells in clinical trials, based on the experience of our group in many publications in this area.
authors.affiliation: University of Santo Amaro, Health Sciences Post Graduation, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carolina N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Franca
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Otorhinolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jonatas B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.affiliation: University of Bonn, Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Izabela D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Tuleta
authors.affiliation: University of Sao Paulo, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siviero
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital, Clinical Laboratory, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos E S
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria C O
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Izar
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco A H
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D066026:Endothelial Progenitor Cells; D006801:Humans; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*