Silencing BRE Expression in Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular (HUCPV) Progenitor Cells Accelerates Osteogenic and Chondrogenic Differentiation

Elve Chen; Mei Kuen Tang; Yao Yao; Winifred Wing Yiu Yau; Lok Man Lo; Xuesong Yang; Yiu Loon Chui; John Chan; Kenneth Ka Ho Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067896

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Silencing BRE Expression in Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular (HUCPV) Progenitor Cells Accelerates Osteogenic and Chondrogenic Differentiation

Elve Chen,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Mei Kuen Tang,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Yao Yao,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Winifred Wing Yiu Yau,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Lok Man Lo,

Affiliation Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Xuesong Yang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Yiu Loon Chui,

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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John Chan,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Kenneth Ka Ho Lee

* E-mail: kaholee@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Silencing BRE Expression in Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular (HUCPV) Progenitor Cells Accelerates Osteogenic and Chondrogenic Differentiation

Elve Chen,
Mei Kuen Tang,
Yao Yao,
Winifred Wing Yiu Yau,
Lok Man Lo,
Xuesong Yang,
Yiu Loon Chui,
John Chan,
Kenneth Ka Ho Lee

Published: July 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067896

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