Calcium alginate gels as stem cell matrix-making paracrine stem cell activity available for enhanced healing after surgery.

Regeneration after surgery can be improved by the administration of anabolic growth factors. However, to locally maintain these factors at the site of regeneration is problematic. The aim of this study was to develop a matrix system containing human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) which can be applied...

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Main Authors: Andreas Schmitt, Philipp Rödel, Cihad Anamur, Claudine Seeliger, Andreas B Imhoff, Elmar Herbst, Stephan Vogt, Martijn van Griensven, Gerhard Winter, Julia Engert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118937