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Isolation and characterization of stem cells from the human parathyroid gland.
Cell proliferation - 1 Aug 2009
Shih Y-R V, Kuo T K, Yang A-H, Lee O K, Lee C-H
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OBJECTIVES: Somatic stem cells can be obtained from a variety of adult human tissues. However, it was not clear whether human parathyroid glands, which secrete parathyroid hormones and are essential in maintaining homeostasis levels of calcium ions in the circulation, contained stem cells. We aimed to investigate the possibility of isolating such parathyroid-derived stem cells (PDSC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
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