Functional characterisation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells from COPD patients

Autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs) are evaluated for clinical use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, but it is unclear whether COPD affects BM-MSCs. To investigate this, BM-MSCs from nine COPD patients and nine non-COPD age-matched controls were...

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Main Authors: Winifred Broekman, Helene Roelofs, Maria C. Zarcone, Christian Taube, Jan Stolk, Pieter S. Hiemstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-06-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/2/00045-2015.full