The development of biomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering (CTE) is challenging,
primarily owing to the requirement of achieving a surface with favourable characteristics that …

This review discusses current understanding of the role that endogenous and exogenous
progenitor cells may have in the treatment of the diseased heart. In the last several years, a …

The Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord contains mucoid connective tissue and fibroblast‐
like cells. Using flow cytometric analysis, we found that mesenchymal cells isolated from the …

Although somatic stem cells have been reported to exist in various adult organs, there have
been few reports concerning stem cells in the heart. We here demonstrate that Sca-1 …

Bone marrow (BM) cells are reported to contribute to the process of regeneration following
myocardial infarction. However, the responsible BM cells have not been fully identified …

To examine whether transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) could
reconstruct the corneal damage and also whether grafted MSCs could differentiate into …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are adult stem cells with capacity for self-renewal and multi-
lineage differentiation. Initially described in bone marrow, MSC are also present in other …

The characterization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is of biological and clinical interest.
We demonstrate that isolated MSCs, defined by CD34low c-kit+ CD140a+ Sca-1high, are …

The adult bone marrow has been generally considered to be composed of hematopoietic
tissue and the associated supporting stroma. Within the latter compartment, a subset of cells …

Background and aims: Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are activated by liver injury to become
proliferative fibrogenic myofibroblasts. This process may be regulated by the sympathetic …