| abstract |
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosis or prognosis of cardiovascular disease in a subject, said method comprising the steps of detecting the presence of activated endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in a sample of a circulation fluid of said subject. The invention further relates to biomarkers for diagnosis or prognosis of cardiovascular disease in a patient, said biomarker comprising the expression product of a gene the expression of which is regulated during vasculogenesis. |