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Functional vascular smooth muscle cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells via mesenchymal stem cell intermediates.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Dec 2012
Bajpai Vivek K, Mistriotis Panagiotis, Loh Yuin-Han, Daley George Q, Andreadis Stelios T
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AIMS: Smooth muscle cells (SMC) play an important role in vascular homeostasis and disease. Although adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been used as a source of contractile SMC, they suffer from limited proliferation potential and culture senescence, particularly when originating from older donors. By comparison, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) can provide an unlimited source of functional SMC...
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