Enhanced ex vivo expansion of adult mesenchymal stem cells by fetal mesenchymal stem cell ECM

Large-scale expansion of highly functional adult human mesenchymal stem cells (aMSCs) remains technologically challenging as aMSCs lose self renewal capacity and multipotency during traditional long-term culture and their quality/quantity declines with donor age and disease. Identification of cultur...

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Main Authors: Ng, Chee Ping (Author), Mohamed Sharif, Abdul Rahim (Author), Heath, Daniel E. (Author), Chow, John W. (Author), Zhang, Claire BY (Author), Chan-Park, Mary B. (Author), Hammond, Paula T. (Contributor), Chan, Jerry K. Y. (Author), Griffith, Linda G. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2014-08-21T18:30:04Z.
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