Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: a new era for stem cell therapy

DC Ding, YH Chang, WC Shyu, SZ Lin - Cell transplantation, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The human umbilical cord is a promising source of mesenchymal stem cells (HUCMSCs).
Unlike bone marrow stem cells, HUCMSCs have a painless collection procedure and faster …

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: the new gold standard for mesenchymal stem cell-based therapies?

R El Omar, J Beroud, JF Stoltz, P Menu… - … Engineering Part B …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Due to their self-renewal capacity, multilineage differentiation potential, paracrine effects,
and immunosuppressive properties, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are an attractive …

Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells: phenotypic characterization and optimizing their therapeutic potential for clinical applications

DW Kim, M Staples, K Shinozuka, P Pantcheva… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Wharton's jelly (WJ) is a gelatinous tissue within the umbilical cord that contains
myofibroblast-like stromal cells. A unique cell population of WJ that has been suggested as …

Concise review: Wharton's jelly-derived cells are a primitive stromal cell population

DL Troyer, ML Weiss - Stem cells, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Here, the literature was reviewed to evaluate whether a population of mesenchymal stromal
cells derived from Wharton's jelly cells (WJCs) is a primitive stromal population. A clear case …

Immune properties of human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly-derived cells

ML Weiss, C Anderson, S Medicetty… - Stem …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Cells isolated from Wharton's jelly, referred to as umbilical cord matrix stromal (UCMS) cells,
adhere to a tissue-culture plastic substrate, express mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) …

Concise review: human umbilical cord stroma with regard to the source of fetus-derived stem cells

A Can, S Karahuseyinoglu - Stem cells, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Human umbilical cord (UC) has been a tissue of increasing interest in recent years. Many
groups have shown the stem cell potency of stromal cells isolated from the human UC …

The therapeutic potential, challenges and future clinical directions of stem cells from the Wharton's jelly of the human umbilical cord

A Bongso, CY Fong - Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2013 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow, adult organs and fetuses face the
disadvantages of invasive isolation, limited cell numbers and ethical constraints while …

Wharton's jelly derived mesenchymal stem cells: future of regenerative medicine? Recent findings and clinical significance

I Kalaszczynska, K Ferdyn - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Around 5 million annual births in EU and 131 million worldwide give a unique opportunity to
collect lifesaving Wharton's jelly derived mesenchymal stem cells (WJ‐MSC). Evidences that …

Stem cells and cell therapies in lung biology and lung diseases

DJ Weiss, I Bertoncello, Z Borok, C Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The University of Vermont College of Medicine and the Vermont
Lung Center, with support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the …

Therapeutic potentials of mesenchymal stem cells derived from human umbilical cord

CG Fan, Q Zhang, J Zhou - Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2011 - Springer
Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs), isolated from
discarded extra-embryonic tissue after birth, are promising candidate source of …