CD90 Identifies Adventitial Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells in Adult Human Medium- and Large-Sized Arteries

Summary: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) reportedly exist in a vascular niche occupying the outer adventitial layer. However, these cells have not been well characterized in vivo in medium- and large-sized arteries in humans, and their potential pathological role is unknown. To address this, healthy a...

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Main Authors: Katherine C. Michelis, Aya Nomura-Kitabayashi, Laura Lecce, Oscar Franzén, Simon Koplev, Yang Xu, Maria Paola Santini, Valentina D'Escamard, Jonathan T.L. Lee, Valentin Fuster, Roger Hajjar, Ramachandra C. Reddy, Joanna Chikwe, Paul Stelzer, Farzan Filsoufi, Allan Stewart, Anelechi Anyanwu, Johan L.M. Björkegren, Jason C. Kovacic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671118302649