Different Culture Media Affect Proliferation, Surface Epitope Expression, and Differentiation of Ovine MSC

• Main Authors: Carina Adamzyk (Author), Tanja Emonds (Author), Julia Falkenstein (Author), René Tolba (Author), Wilhelm Jahnen-Dechent (Author), Bernd Lethaus (Author), Sabine Neuss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Orthopedic implants including engineered bone tissue are commonly tested in sheep. To avoid rejection of heterologous or xenogeneic cells, autologous cells are preferably used, that is, ovine mesenchymal stem cells (oMSC). Unlike human MSC, ovine MSC are not well studied regarding isolation, expansi...