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Aging adversely impacts biological properties of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: implications for tissue engineering heart valve construction.
Artificial organs - 1 Mar 2010
Xin Yuan, Wang Yu-mei, Zhang Hao, Li Jun, Wang Wei, Wei Ying-jie, Hu Sheng-shou
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Our aim was to study the aging effects on the in vitro biological properties of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) for construction of tissue-engineered heart valves. BMSCs were taken from teenagers with congenital heart diseases, and middle-aged and elderly patients with valvular diseases. Proliferative abilities were compared among the three groups by using colony-forming unit counting and...
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