Spheroid Culture of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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Wound repair and regeneration

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Marrow Stromal Cells as Stem Cells for Nonhematopoietic Tissues

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Cell Shape, Cytoskeletal Tension, and RhoA Regulate Stem Cell Lineage Commitment

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A perivascular origin for mesenchymal stem cells in multiple human organs

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Mesenchymal stem cells in health and disease

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Epigenetics in human disease and prospects for epigenetic therapy

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Regulation of cell death: the calcium–apoptosis link

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In VitroChondrogenesis of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells

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Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms

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Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate to a Cardiomyocyte Phenotype in the Adult Murine Heart

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Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated immunosuppression occurs via concerted action of chemokines and nitric oxide

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Intravenous hMSCs Improve Myocardial Infarction in Mice because Cells Embolized in Lung Are Activated to Secrete the Anti-inflammatory Protein TSG-6

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Fibroblast precursors in normal and irradiated mouse hematopoietic organs.

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Mesenchymal stem cells: immune evasive, not immune privileged

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Control of vascular morphogenesis and homeostasis through the angiopoietin–Tie system

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Targeting MET in cancer: rationale and progress

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Chondrogenic Differentiation of Cultured Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Marrow

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Recent advances in three‐dimensional multicellular spheroid culture for biomedical research

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Signaling Vascular Morphogenesis and Maintenance

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Stromal Stem Cells: Marrow‐Derived Osteogenic Precursors

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Calcium and apoptosis: ER-mitochondria Ca2+ transfer in the control of apoptosis

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Why are MSCs therapeutic? New data: new insight

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Aggregation of human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) into 3D spheroids enhances their antiinflammatory properties

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Materials as stem cell regulators

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Expansion of Human Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Stroma: Conditions that Maximize the Yields of Early Progenitors and Evaluate Their Quality

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Interplay of matrix stiffness and protein tethering in stem cell differentiation

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Molecular Signals of Epigenetic States

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The Chondrogenic Potential of Human Bone-Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells*

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Scar–free healing: from embryonic mechanisms to adult therapeutic intervention

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Directed differentiation of telencephalic precursors from embryonic stem cells

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All MSCs Are Pericytes?

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How mesenchymal stem cells interact with tissue immune responses

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Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells obtained from diverse human tissues share functional properties and gene-expression profile with CD146(+) perivascular cells and fibroblasts

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Analysis of Tissues Following Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Humans Indicates Limited Long-Term Engraftment and No Ectopic Tissue Formation

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Advances in the formation, use and understanding of multi-cellular spheroids

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Oxygen-dependent regulation of mitochondrial respiration by hypoxia-inducible factor 1

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Three-dimensional cell cultures: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications

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Hypoxia enhances proliferation and tissue formation of human mesenchymal stem cells

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Dynamic Three-Dimensional Culture Methods Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Properties and Increase Therapeutic Potential

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Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture

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Interleukin 1 is processed and released during apoptosis.

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The mesenchymal stromal cells dilemma—does a negative phase III trial of random donor mesenchymal stromal cells in steroid-resistant graft-versus-host disease represent a death knell or a bump in the road?

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Multicellular spheroids

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Replicative Senescence: An Old Lives' Tale?

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Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Cultured as Spheroids are Self‐activated to Produce Prostaglandin E2 that Directs Stimulated Macrophages into an Anti‐inflammatory Phenotype

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Emergence of Patterned Stem Cell Differentiation Within Multicellular Structures

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Oct4 Expression Is Not Required for Mouse Somatic Stem Cell Self-Renewal

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Next-generation regenerative medicine: organogenesis from stem cells in 3D culture.

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Three-Dimensional Aggregates of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Cellular Mechanisms, Biological Properties, and Applications

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Fate Of Culture-Expanded Mesenchymal Stem Cells in The Microvasculature

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Mesenchymal stromal cell ‘licensing’: a multistep process

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3D spheroid culture system on micropatterned substrates for improved differentiation efficiency of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells

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The influence of spheroid formation of human adipose-derived stem cells on chitosan films on stemness and differentiation capabilities

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support Migration, Extracellular Matrix Invasion, Proliferation, and Survival of Endothelial Cells In Vitro

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Growth factor regulation of proliferation and survival of multipotential stromal cells

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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Facilitators of Successful Transplantation?

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Effects of intercellular contact on repair of radiation damage

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Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for attenuation of scar formation during wound healing

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Mesenchymal stem cell aging

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Intravascular metastatic cancer cell homotypic aggregation at the sites of primary attachment to the endothelium

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From cells to organisms: can we learn about aging from cells in culture?

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A Simple Hanging Drop Cell Culture Protocol for Generation of 3D Spheroids

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Epidermal Growth Factor as a Candidate for Ex Vivo Expansion of Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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Strengths and Limitations of the Neurosphere Culture System

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Stem and progenitor cell-based therapy in ischaemic heart disease: promise, uncertainties, and challenges

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Concise review: two negative feedback loops place mesenchymal stem/stromal cells at the center of early regulators of inflammation

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Spheroid formation of mesenchymal stem cells on chitosan and chitosan-hyaluronan membranes

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Forty-Year Journey of Angiogenesis Translational Research

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Interstitial cell migration: integrin-dependent and alternative adhesion mechanisms

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Artery Wall

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Calcium trafficking integrates endoplasmic reticulum function with mitochondrial bioenergetics

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Transplantation of Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Spheroids Enhances Vascularization

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A Multi-component Radiation Survival Curve Using anin VitroTumour Model

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Short-Term Spheroid Formation Enhances the Regenerative Capacity of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Promoting Stemness, Angiogenesis, and Chemotaxis

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Characterization of circulating tumor cell aggregates identified in patients with epithelial tumors

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Clinical-Grade Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Produced Under Various Good Manufacturing Practice Processes Differ in Their Immunomodulatory Properties: Standardization of Immune Quality Controls

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Compaction, Fusion, and Functional Activation of Three-Dimensional Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Aggregate

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Identification and Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes Regulating Mesenchymal Stem Cell Self‐Renewal and Multipotency

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Dynamic compaction of human mesenchymal stem/precursor cells into spheres self-activates caspase-dependent IL1 signaling to enhance secretion of modulators of inflammation and immunity (PGE2, TSG6, and STC1)

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Three-Dimensional Spheroid Culture of Human Gingiva-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhances Mitigation of Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis

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Intravascular metastatic cancer cell homotypic aggregation at the sites of primary attachment to the endothelium.

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Culturing of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Three-dimensional Aggregates Induces Functional Expression of CXCR4 That Regulates Adhesion to Endothelial Cells

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HIGH PASSAGE NUMBER OF STEM CELLS ADVERSELY AFFECTS STEM CELL ACTIVATION AND MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION

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The CD34-like protein PODXL and α6-integrin (CD49f) identify early progenitor MSCs with increased clonogenicity and migration to infarcted heart in mice

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Pre-conditioning mesenchymal stromal cell spheroids for immunomodulatory paracrine factor secretion

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Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Treatment on Multipotential Stromal Cells (MSCs). Possible Enhancement of Therapeutic Potential of MSC

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Salivary Gland Progenitor Cells Induced by Duct Ligation Differentiate Into Hepatic and Pancreatic Lineages

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MDA-7/IL-24: novel cancer growth suppressing and apoptosis inducing cytokine

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Macrophage-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Assume an Activated, Migratory, Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype with Increased IL-6 and CXCL10 Secretion

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Controversial issue: Is it safe to employ mesenchymal stem cells in cell-based therapies?

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