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Adult bone marrow stem/progenitor cells (MSCs) are preconditioned by microenvironmental "niches" in culture: a two-stage hypothesis for regulation of MSC fate.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16046665     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are clonal, plastic adherent cells from bone marrow that can differentiate into various tissue lineages, including osteoblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes, myoblasts, hepatocytes, and possibly even neural cells. Because MSCs are multipotent and their numbers are easily expanded in culture, there has been much interest in their clinical potential for tissue repair and gene therapy. Consequently, numerous studies have been carried out demonstrating the migration and multiorgan engraftment potential of MSCs in animal models and in human clinical trials. Understanding the mechanisms behind MSC cell fate determination is not easy, because the molecular processes that drive engraftment and differentiation are complex. Even in an in vitro system, the molecular cues necessary to induce differentiation are not easily identified or reproduced. In this Perspective, we emphasize the importance of microenvironmental factors in culture and suggest that MSC differentiation in vitro is regulated by a two-stage mechanism involving preconditioning by factors in the culture microenvironment followed by response to soluble differentiating factors.
Authors:
Carl A Gregory; Joni Ylostalo; Darwin J Prockop
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2005-07-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science's STKE : signal transduction knowledge environment     Volume:  2005     ISSN:  1525-8882     ISO Abbreviation:  Sci. STKE     Publication Date:  2005 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-07-27     Completed Date:  2006-03-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100964423     Medline TA:  Sci STKE     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  pe37     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. cgregory@tulane.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Animals
Bone Marrow Cells / cytology*,  drug effects
Cell Adhesion
Cell Count
Cell Differentiation / drug effects,  physiology
Cell Lineage / drug effects,  physiology*
Cells, Cultured / cytology,  drug effects
Culture Media / pharmacology
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / physiology
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation
Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology*,  drug effects
Models, Biological*
Organ Specificity
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 0/DKK1 protein, human; 0/Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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