Adipose-derived stem cell therapy for intervertebral disc regeneration: An in vitro reconstructed tissue in alginate capsules

Tissue Engineering - Part A.

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1415-1423

  Gaetani, Paolo ^a   Torre, Maria Luisa ^b   Klinger, Marco ^c   Faustini, Massimo ^c,e   Crovato, Francesca ^d   Bucco, Massimo ^b   Marazzi, Mario ^d   Chlapanidas, Theodora ^b   Levi, Daniel ^a   Tancioni, Flavio ^f   Vigo, Daniele ^c   Rodriguez Y Baena, Riccardo ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare   (Italy)

^f Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie Per la Sicurezza Alimentare ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENCAPSULATION; HEALTH; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

3-D CULTURE SYSTEM; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUES; ADULT STEM CELLS; AGGRECAN; ALGINATE CAPSULES; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CELL ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL STUDIES; CO CULTURES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS; CULTURED CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; IN-CELL; IN-VITRO; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL IMPACTS; STEM-CELL THERAPIES; TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; VIMENTIN;

CELL CULTURE;

AGGRECAN; ALGINIC ACID; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; THY 1 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 48749093464     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2007.0330     Document Type: Article

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