Backgroud and Objective
Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis due toits negative impact on the vascular endothelium. The damaged endothelium isrepaired by resident cells also through the contribution of a population of stem cellsderived from bone marrow. These cells,termed endothelial progenitor cells(EPCs)are involved in maintaining endothelial homeostasis and contributes to the formationof new blood vessels with a process called postnatal vasculogenesis. Consistente...