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SUBMITTER: Guo J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4484356 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Guo JunBing J Weng JunQuan J Rong Qiong Q Zhang Xing X Zhu ShuangXi S Huang DaiYing D Li Xiang X Chen SongLing S
Scientific reports 20150629
Maxillary sinus membrane (MSM) elevation is a common surgical technique for increasing bone height in the posterior maxilla prior to dental implant placement. However, the biological nature of bone regeneration in MSM remains largely unidentified. In this study, MSM tissue was obtained from 16 individuals during orthognathic surgery and used to isolate MSM stem cells (MSMSCs) by single-colony selection and STRO-1 cell sorting. The cell characteristics in terms of colony-forming ability, cell sur ...[more]