Isolation of tissue-resident endothelial stem cells and their use in regenerative medicine

• Main Authors: Tomohiro Iba (Author), Hisamichi Naito (Author), Shota Shimizu (Author), Fitriana Nur Rahmawati (Author), Taku Wakabayashi (Author), Nobuyuki Takakura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During sprouting angiogenesis, stalk cells, localized behind tip cells, generate endothelial cells (ECs) for the elongation of new vessels. We hypothesized that stalk cells may have endothelial progenitor cell properties because of their highly proliferative ability. We conducted...