Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (40): 7117-7124.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.40.015

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Synergistic factors of endothelial progenitor cell transplantation in the treatment of diabetic foot

Guo Ji-qiang1, Liu Ai-bing2   

  1. 1 Department of Biological Treatment, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan  030000, Shanxi Province, China; 2 Medical Experimental Center, Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing  010071, China
  • Online:2013-10-01 Published:2013-10-31
  • About author:Guo Ji-qiang★, Master, Technician, Department of Biological Treatment, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan 030000, Shanxi Province, China guojiqiang6@163.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The treatment of diabetic foot has become a “bottleneck”. The transplantation of autologous bone marrow or peripheral blood endothelial progenitor cells is a new way for the treatment of diabetic foot in recent years.
OBJECTIVE: To review the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 and the integrin in treatment of diabetes foot by transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells.
METHODS: The first author searched PubMed database and Chinese periodical full-text database for related articles published between January 1998 and December 2012, with "diabetic foot, endothelial progenitor cells, VEGFR-2, integrin, synergistic effect" in English and Chinese, respectively. A total of 98 articles were searched, and 60 were included after excluding repetitive articles.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In the diabetic foot treatment, autologous bone marrow or peripheral blood endothelial progenitor cells has around increasing attention, and gradually become the focus of this field. Therapy with endothelial progenitor cells has gradually developed into a new method for diabetic foot. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 and the integrin may exhibit synergistic effects in the treatment of diabetes foot. However, the mechanism remains poorly understood. Further studies are needed to well understand their mechanism of action.

Key words: stem cells, diabetic foot, endothelial cells, transplantation, autologous, integrins, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2

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