Superior Potential of CD34-Positive Cells Compared to Total Mononuclear Cells for Healing of Nonunion following Bone Fracture

We recently demonstrated that the local transplantation of human peripheral blood (PB) CD34 + cells, an endothelial/hematopoietic progenitor cell-rich population, contributes to fracture repair via vasculogenesis/angiogenesis and osteogenesis. Human PB mononuclear cells (MNCs) are also considered a...

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Main Authors: Tomoaki Fukui, Yutaka Mifune, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Taro Shoji, Yohei Kawakami, Atsuhiko Kawamoto, Masaaki Ii, Hiroshi Akimaru, Tomoya Kuroda, Miki Horii, Ayumi Yokoyama, Cantas Alev, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka, Takayuki Asahara M.D., Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-07-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368914X681586