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The biology of equine mesenchymal stem cells: phenotypic characterization, cell surface markers and multilineage differentiation.
Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) - 1 Jan 2012
Penny Jasmine, Harris Pat, Shakesheff Kevin M, Mobasheri Ali
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells that can give rise to a range of connective tissue cells including osteoblasts, chondrocytes and adipocytes. MSCs have been isolated from humans and a variety of animal species including rodents, dogs, horses and rabbits. There is currently no consensus on how these cells are identified and characterized. This is partly due to the lack of standardized...
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