Learning objectives
This core module aims to provide students with an understanding of mesenchymal cell characteristics and their potential in regenarative medicine. Peculiar attention will be paid on molecular characterization and on molecular mechanism of cell differentiation. <br />
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Mesenchymal cells from adult tissues: approaches to cell isolation . <br />
Fetal annexa as source of stem cells: cord blood, umbilical cord Wharton jelly, fetal membranes and placenta <br />
Mesenchymal cells gene expression profile and methods for molecular characterization. <br />
Tissue specificity of adult mesenchymal cells <br />
In vitro culture of mesenchymal cells <br />
Homing and trafficking of mesenchymal cells <br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Methods and Protocols (Methods in molecular biology 449) <br />
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Editors: <br />
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Darwin J. Prockop , Donald G. Phinney ,Bruce A. Bunnell <br />
ISBN: 978-1-58829-771-6 e-ISBN: 978-1-60327-169-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-169-1 © 2008 Humana Press, <br />
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CULTURE OF HUMAN STEM CELLS <br />
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Editors: R. IAN FRESHNEY, GLYN N. STACEY, JONATHAN M. AUERBACH, <br />
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WILEY-INTERSCIENCE. ISBN 978-0-470-05246-4 <br />
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