Morphology-based prediction of osteogenic differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells.

Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) are widely used cell source for clinical bone regeneration. Achieving the greatest therapeutic effect is dependent on the osteogenic differentiation potential of the stem cells to be implanted. However, there are still no practical methods to charact...

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Main Authors: Fumiko Matsuoka, Ichiro Takeuchi, Hideki Agata, Hideaki Kagami, Hirofumi Shiono, Yasujiro Kiyota, Hiroyuki Honda, Ryuji Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3578868?pdf=render