Comparative Investigation of Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Application in Bone Tissue Engineering

• Main Authors: Jiawen Si (Author), Jiewen Dai (Author), Jianjun Zhang (Author), Sha Liu (Author), Jing Gu (Author), Jun Shi (Author), Steve G. F. Shen (Author), Lihe Guo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Emerging evidence suggests amniotic epithelial cells (AECs) as a promising source of progenitor cells in regenerative medicine and bone tissue engineering. However, investigations comparing the regenerative properties of AECs with other sources of stem cells are particularly needed before the feasib...