[摘要] 内皮祖细胞在体外形成新生血管的能力，正在成为一种新颖的治疗缺血性疾病的方案。目前，认为内皮祖细胞分为早期内皮祖细胞与晚期内皮祖细胞两种，且晚期内皮祖细胞促进新生血管的能力更强。本文总结了近年来内皮祖细胞的研究进展，并对其在肺动脉高压中的潜在治疗作用进行了讨论。

    [关键词] 内皮祖细胞；血管新生；内皮细胞；肺动脉高压

    [中图分类号] R285.5 [文献标识码] A [文章编号] 1673-9701(2016)20-0165-04

    [Abstract] The neovascularization of the EPCs in vitro is becoming a novel treatment of ischemic diseases. Currently it accepted that EPCs include early endothelial progenitor cells and late endothelial progenitor ......