Table 1 Markers used in CEC assays

CD31

PECAM-1

Pan-endothelial

++^a

P, Pan-leukocyte

(Beerepoot et al, 2004)

CD34

Stem cell marker

Pan-endothelial

++^a

S

(Furstenberger et al, 2006)

CD36

Collagen receptor I

Micro vascular

+^a

P, E, M, D

(Moroni et al, 2005)

CD54

ICAM-1

Inflammation

+^a

L, M

(Dixon et al, 2004)

CD62-E

E-selectin

Inflammation

++

—

(Dixon et al, 2004)

CD62-P

P-selectin

Inflammation

+

P

(Corcoran et al, 2006)

CD105

Endoglin

Angiogenesis, malignant

++^a

S, M^b

(Rowand et al, 2007)

CD106

VCAM-1

Inflammation, malignant

+^a

—

(Dixon et al, 2004)

CD137

ILA/4

Malignant

+

L^b, D

(Seaman et al, 2007)

CD144

VE-cadherin

Pan-endothelial

+^a

—

(Smirnov et al, 2006)

CD146

MelCAM

Pan-endothelial

++^a

L^b

(Dignat-George et al, 2007)

CD202b

Tie-2

Angiogenesis

(+)^a

—

(Smirnov et al, 2006)

CD276

B7-H3

Malignant

+

D, M^b

(Seaman et al, 2007)

CD309

VEGFR-2

Angiogenesis

(+)^a

S

(Beerepoot et al, 2004)

VWF

Pan-endothelial

++^a

P

(Woywodt et al, 2006)

UEA-1

Pan-endothelial

++

—

(Woywodt et al, 2006)

DiL-AcLDL

Pan-endothelial

++

—

(Voyta et al, 1984)