VEGFA and neoplasm: EPCs are recruited into ischemic or hypoxic tumours predominantly in response to chemokines (e.g., CXCL12, CCL2, CCL5) and growth factors (e.g., VEGF, bFGF), which interact with their respective receptors (e.g., CXCR4, CCR2, CCR5, VEGFR2) on the surface of EPCs (De La Puente et al., 2013).