Improved culture-based isolation of differentiating endothelial progenitor cells from mouse bone marrow mononuclear cells.
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SUBMITTER: Sekiguchi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3247221 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Improved culture-based isolation of differentiating endothelial progenitor cells from mouse bone marrow mononuclear cells.
Sekiguchi Haruki H Ii Masaaki M Jujo Kentaro K Yokoyama Ayumi A Hagiwara Nobuhisa N Asahara Takayuki T
PloS one 20111228 12
Numerous endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)-related investigations have been performed in mouse experiments. However, defined characteristics of mouse cultured EPC have not been examined. We focused on fast versus slow adherent cell population in bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNCs) in culture and examined their characteristics. After 24 h-culture of BMMNCs, attached (AT) cells and floating (FL) cells were further cultured in endothelial differentiation medium separately. Immunological and mole ...[more]
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