Mesenchymal stem cells from sternum: the type of heart disease, ischemic or valvular, does not influence the cell culture establishment and growth kinetics.
Lucinara Dadda DiasKarina Rabello CasaliCarine GhemMelissa Kristocheck da SilvaGrasiele SausenPatrícia Bonini PalmaDimas Tadeu CovasRenato A K KalilBeatriz D SchaanNance Beyer NardiMelissa Medeiros MarkoskiPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2017)
Together, these results show that the sternum bone can be used as a source for MSC isolation, and that ischemic or valvular diseases do not influence the cellular yield, culture establishment or in vitro growth kinetics.
Keyphrases
- mesenchymal stem cells
- atrial fibrillation
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- aortic valve
- umbilical cord
- pulmonary hypertension
- bone mineral density
- cerebral ischemia
- bone marrow
- stem cells
- oral anticoagulants
- cell therapy
- bone loss
- body composition
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- brain injury
- postmenopausal women
- bone regeneration