Frequent occurrence of non-malignant genetic alterations in clinical grade mesenchymal stromal cells expanded for cell therapy protocols

Haematologica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Capelli, Chiara ^a,b,c   Pedrini, Olga ^a,b,c   Cassina, Gisella ^b   Spinelli, Orietta ^c   Salmoiraghi, Silvia ^c   Golay, Josée ^a,b,c   Rambaldi, Alessandro ^c   Giussani, Ursula ^b   Introna, Martino ^a,b,c  

^a Papa Giovanni XXIII   (Italy)

^b Lab Genetica Medica   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Cellular Therapy G Lanzani USC Hematology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell therapy protocols; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Non malignant genetic alterations

Indexed keywords

BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM;

CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84901705554     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2014.104711     Document Type: Letter

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