Ovine Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Morphologic, Phenotypic and Functional Characterization for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering.
Clara Sanjurjo-RodríguezRocío Castro-ViñuelasTamara Hermida-GómezTania Fernández-VázquezIsaac Manuel Fuentes-BoqueteFrancisco Javier de Toro-SantosSilvia María Díaz-PradoFrancisco Javier Blanco-GarcíaPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The isolated ovine cells were demonstrated to be oBMSCs. oBMSCs cultured on Col I sponges successfully synthesized osteochondral tissue. The data suggest that oBMSCs have potential for use in preclinical models prior to human clinical studies.