CFU-E |
CFU-Eo |
30 kDa adipocyte complement-related protein |
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[endothelial cell colony-forming units] These colony-forming cells (see also: colony formation assay), which were thought to represent a population of endothelial progenitor cells, are not clonally related to a population of cells known as ECFC [endothelial colony-forming cells] (see also: angioblasts) (Yoder et al, 2007).
Unlike ECFC, CFU-EC do not function as endothelial progenitor cells. CFU-EC and their progeny display hematopoietic-restricted and macrophage-specific cellular proteins, possess limited hematopoietic colony-forming activity, and function as macrophages to ingest bacteria. CFU-EC are derived from hematopoietic stem cells
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