Human CD34+/CD90+ ASCs Are Capable of Growing as Sphere Clusters, Producing High Levels of VEGF and Forming Capillaries

Francesco De Francesco; Virginia Tirino; Vincenzo Desiderio; Giuseppe Ferraro; Francesco D'Andrea; Mariateresa Giuliano; Guido Libondi; Giuseppe Pirozzi; Alfredo De Rosa; Gianpaolo Papaccio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006537

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Human CD34⁺/CD90⁺ ASCs Are Capable of Growing as Sphere Clusters, Producing High Levels of VEGF and Forming Capillaries

Francesco De Francesco ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco De Francesco, Virginia Tirino

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Istologia ed Embriologia, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Laboratory, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Ortopediche, Traumatologiche, Riabilitative e Plastico-Ricostruttive, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Virginia Tirino ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco De Francesco, Virginia Tirino

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Istologia ed Embriologia, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Laboratory, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Vincenzo Desiderio,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Istologia ed Embriologia, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Laboratory, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Giuseppe Ferraro,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Ortopediche, Traumatologiche, Riabilitative e Plastico-Ricostruttive, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Francesco D'Andrea,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Ortopediche, Traumatologiche, Riabilitative e Plastico-Ricostruttive, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Mariateresa Giuliano,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biotecnologie, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Guido Libondi,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Istologia ed Embriologia, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Laboratory, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Ortopediche, Traumatologiche, Riabilitative e Plastico-Ricostruttive, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Giuseppe Pirozzi,

Affiliation UOC Biologia cellulare e Bioterapia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “G. Pascale”, Napoli, Italy
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Alfredo De Rosa,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Ortodontiche e Chirurgiche, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Gianpaolo Papaccio

* E-mail: gianpaolo.papaccio@unina2.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Istologia ed Embriologia, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Laboratory, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Human CD34⁺/CD90⁺ ASCs Are Capable of Growing as Sphere Clusters, Producing High Levels of VEGF and Forming Capillaries

Francesco De Francesco,
Virginia Tirino,
Vincenzo Desiderio,
Giuseppe Ferraro,
Francesco D'Andrea,
Mariateresa Giuliano,
Guido Libondi,
Giuseppe Pirozzi,
Alfredo De Rosa,
Gianpaolo Papaccio

Published: August 6, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006537

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Very interesting

Posted by cosstem on 04 Oct 2009 at 09:29 GMT

The article is very interesting and promising for future research/applications

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Human CD34⁺/CD90⁺ ASCs Are Capable of Growing as Sphere Clusters, Producing High Levels of VEGF and Forming Capillaries

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Posted by cosstem on 04 Oct 2009 at 09:29 GMT