Structured coculture of mesenchymal stem cells and disc cells enhances differentiation and proliferation

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Allon, Aliza A ^a   Butcher, Kristin ^a   Schneider, Richard A ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilaminar pellet; Coculture; Differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cell; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 84863536158     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332985     Document Type: Article

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