Bone tissue engineering: state of the art and future trends

AJ Salgado, OP Coutinho… - Macromolecular bioscience, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Although several major progresses have been introduced in the field of bone regenerative
medicine during the years, current therapies, such as bone grafts, still have many limitations …

Mesenchymal stem cells and their potential as cardiac therapeutics

MF Pittenger, BJ Martin - Circulation research, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent a stem cell population present in adult tissues
that can be isolated, expanded in culture, and characterized in vitro and in vivo. MSCs …

In search of the in vivo identity of mesenchymal stem cells

L da Silva Meirelles, AI Caplan, NB Nardi - Stem cells, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In spite of the advances in the knowledge of adult stem cells (ASCs) during the past few
years, their natural activities in vivo are still poorly understood. Mesenchymal stem cells …

Mesenchymal stem cells can be differentiated into endothelial cells in vitro

J Oswald, S Boxberger, B Jørgensen, S Feldmann… - Stem …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Human bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to
differentiate into mesenchymal tissues like osteocytes, chondrocytes, and adipocytes in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of pluripotent stem cells from neonatal mouse testis

M Kanatsu-Shinohara, K Inoue, J Lee, M Yoshimoto… - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Although germline cells can form multipotential embryonic stem (ES)/embryonic germ (EG)
cells, these cells can be derived only from embryonic tissues, and such multipotent cells …

Mesenchymal stem cells: isolation, in vitro expansion and characterization

N Beyer Nardi, L da Silva Meirelles - Stem cells, 2006 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), one type of adult stem cell, are easy to isolate, culture, and
manipulate in ex vivo culture. These cells have great plasticity and the potential for …

Bone marrow–derived stem cells initiate pancreatic regeneration

D Hess, L Li, M Martin, S Sakano, D Hill, B Strutt… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
We show that transplantation of adult bone marrow–derived cells expressing c-kit reduces
hyperglycemia in mice with streptozotocin-induced pancreatic damage. Although …

The human adipose tissue is a source of multipotent stem cells

AM Rodriguez, C Elabd, EZ Amri, G Ailhaud, C Dani - Biochimie, 2005 - Elsevier
Multipotent stem cells constitute an unlimited source of differentiated cells that could be used
in pharmacological studies and in medicine. Recently, several publications have reported …

Chondrogenic and adipogenic potential of microvascular pericytes

C Farrington-Rock, NJ Crofts, MJ Doherty, BA Ashton… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Previous studies have shown that pericytes can differentiate into osteoblasts
and form bone. This study investigated whether pericytes can also differentiate into …

Stem cells in the umbilical cord

ML Weiss, DL Troyer - Stem cell reviews, 2006 - Springer
Stem cells are the next frontier in medicine. Stem cells are thought to have great therapeutic
and biotechnological potential. This will not only to replace damaged or dysfunctional cells …