Thoracic aortas from multiorgan donors are suitable for obtaining resident angiogenic mesenchymal stromal cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1627-1634

  Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a,b   Tazzari, Pier Luigi ^a   Vaselli, Cristiana ^a   Foroni, Laura ^a   Buzzi, Marina ^a   Storci, Gianluca ^b   Alviano, Francesco ^b   Ricci, Francesca ^a   Bonafè, Massimiliano ^a   Orrico, Catia ^a   Bagnara, Gian Paolo ^b   Stella, Andrea ^a   Conte, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allograft; Angiogenesis; Human thoracic aorta; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Multiorgan donor

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CD34 SELECTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; ORGAN DONOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; THORACIC AORTA; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE DONORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34547187823     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0731     Document Type: Article

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