Aging effect on neurotrophic activity of human mesenchymal stem cells.

Clinical efficacy of stem cells for nerve repair is likely to be influenced by issues including donor age and in vitro expansion time. We isolated human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from bone marrow of young (16-18 years) and old (67-75 years) donors and analyzed their capacity to differentiate and...

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Main Authors: Maria Brohlin, Paul J Kingham, Liudmila N Novikova, Lev N Novikov, Mikael Wiberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3444498?pdf=render