Hyaluronan as an immune regulator in human diseases

D Jiang, J Liang, PW Noble - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Accumulation and turnover of extracellular matrix components are the hallmarks of tissue
injury. Fragmented hyaluronan stimulates the expression of inflammatory genes by a variety …

Concise review: isolation and characterization of cells from human term placenta: outcome of the first international Workshop on Placenta Derived Stem Cells

O Parolini, F Alviano, GP Bagnara, G Bilic… - Stem …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Placental tissue draws great interest as a source of cells for regenerative medicine because
of the phenotypic plasticity of many of the cell types isolated from this tissue. Furthermore …

Paracrine mechanisms of stem cell reparative and regenerative actions in the heart

M Mirotsou, TM Jayawardena, J Schmeckpeper… - Journal of molecular and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Stem cells play an important role in restoring cardiac function in the damaged heart. In order
to mediate repair, stem cells need to replace injured tissue by differentiating into specialized …

A new nonenzymatic method and device to obtain a fat tissue derivative highly enriched in pericyte-like elements by mild mechanical forces from human lipoaspirates

F Bianchi, M Maioli, E Leonardi, E Olivi… - Cell …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Adipose tissue contains multipotent elements with phenotypic and gene expression profiles
similar to human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and pericytes. The chance of clinical …

Adipose tissue and mesenchymal stem cells: state of the art and Lipogems® technology development

C Tremolada, V Colombo, C Ventura - Current stem cell reports, 2016 - Springer
In the past few years, interest in adipose tissue as an ideal source of mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) has increased. These cells are multipotent and may differentiate in vitro into …

Retinoids regulate stem cell differentiation

LJ Gudas, JA Wagner - Journal of cellular physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Retinoids are ubiquitous signaling molecules that influence nearly every cell type, exert
profound effects on development, and complement cancer chemotherapeutic regimens. All …

Can we engineer a human cardiac patch for therapy?

J Zhang, W Zhu, M Radisic… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Some of the most significant leaps in the history of modern civilization—the development of
article in China, the steam engine, which led to the European industrial revolution, and the …

Transplantation of allogeneic and xenogeneic placenta-derived cells reduces bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis

A Cargnoni, L Gibelli, A Tosini… - Cell …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) have recently raised significant attention as
potential sources of stem cells. We have recently demonstrated that cells derived from …

Common tasks in microscopic and ultrastructural image analysis using ImageJ

F Papadopulos, M Spinelli, S Valente… - Ultrastructural …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Cooperation between research communities and software-development teams has led to
the creation of novel software. The purpose of this paper is to show an alternative work …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes in mesenchymal stem cells, a new therapeutic strategy for cardiovascular diseases?

L Huang, W Ma, Y Ma, D Feng, H Chen… - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are still a major cause of people deaths worldwide, and
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation holds great promise due to its capacity to …