Mesenchymal stromal cells derived from human umbilical cord tissues: Primitive cells with potential for clinical and tissue engineering applications

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-54

  Moretti, Pierre ^a   Hatlapatka, Tim ^a   Marten, Dana ^a   Lavrentieva, Antonina ^a   Majore, Ingrida ^a   Hass, Ralf ^b   Kasper, Cornelia ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counterflow centrifugal elutriation; Mesenchymal stem cell; Mesenchymal stromal cell; MSC; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 82055168913     PISSN: 07246145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10_2009_15     Document Type: Article

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