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SUBMITTER: de Girolamo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3788322 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Girolamo Laura L Lucarelli Enrico E Alessandri Giulio G Avanzini Maria Antonietta MA Bernardo Maria Ester ME Biagi Ettore E Brini Anna Teresa AT D'Amico Giovanna G Fagioli Franca F Ferrero Ivana I Locatelli Franco F Maccario Rita R Marazzi Mario M Parolini Ornella O Pessina Augusto A Torre Maria Luisa ML Italian Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were first isolated more than 50 years ago from the bone marrow. Currently MSCs may also be isolated from several alternative sources and they have been used in more than a hundred clinical trials worldwide to treat a wide variety of diseases. The MSCs mechanism of action is undefined and currently under investigation. For in vivo purposes MSCs must be produced in compliance with good manufacturing practices and this has stimulated research on MSCs characterization ...[more]