Dr. Yoder is consultant to EndGenitor Technologies, Inc. and a member of the board of Rimedion Technologies, Inc.

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EMG-2 media (Lonza, Cat. No. cc-3162 containing EBM-2 basal medium and EGM-2 SingleQuot kit Supplements, &amp; growth factors)
EBM-2 (Lonza, Cat. No. cc-3156) supplemented with the entire SingleQuot kit supplements &amp; growth factors (Lonza, Cat. No. cc-4176), 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 1% (v/v) penicillin (10,000 U/ml)/streptomycin (10,000 &mu;g/ml)/amphotericin (25 &mu;g/ml). Store up to 1 month at 4 &deg;C. Recommended EGM-2 volume...

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Phenotypic and functional characterization of putative endothelial progenitor cells is important to identify the bona fide ECFCs that are capable of clonally and serially re-plating in culture and give rise to durable and functional implantable blood vessels in vivo. Human umbilical cord blood is enriched with ECFCs and the concentration of these circulating cells declines with aging or disease10. Recent studies suggest that ECFC may play important roles in vascular repair or regeneration in ...

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			<td>12605</td>
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			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td>354236</td>
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			<td>Miltenyi Biotech</td>
			<td>130-059-901</td>
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			<td>BD Pharmingen</td>
			<td>555445</td>
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			<td>BD Pharmingen</td>
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			<td>BD Pharmingen</td>
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			<td>553370</td>
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phenotypic and functional characterization of endothelial colony forming cells derived from human umbilical cord blood

Longstanding views of new blood vessel formation via angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and arteriogenesis have been recently reviewed1. The presence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were first identified in adult human peripheral blood by Asahara et al. in 1997 2 bringing an infusion of new hypotheses and strategies for vascular regeneration and repair. EPCs are rare but normal components of circulating blood that home to sites of blood vessel formation or vascular remodeling, and facilitate either postnatal vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, or arteriogenesis largely via paracrine stimulation of existing vessel wall derived cells3. No specific marker to identify an EPC has been identified, and at present the state of the field is to understand that numerous cell types including proangiogenic hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, circulating angiogenic cells, Tie2+ monocytes, myeloid progenitor cells, tumor associated macrophages, and M2 activated macrophages participate in stimulating the angiogenic process in a variety of preclinical animal model systems and in human subjects in numerous disease states4, 5. Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) are rare circulating viable endothelial cells characterized by robust clonal proliferative potential, secondary and tertiary colony forming ability upon replating, and ability to form intrinsic in vivo vessels upon transplantation into immunodeficient mice6-8. While ECFCs have been successfully isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy adult subjects, umbilical cord blood (CB) of healthy newborn infants, and vessel wall of numerous human arterial and venous vessels 6-9, CB possesses the highest frequency of ECFCs7 that display the most robust clonal proliferative potential and form durable and functional blood vessels in vivo8, 10-13. While the derivation of ECFC from adult peripheral blood has been presented14, 15, here we describe the methodologies for the derivation, cloning, expansion, and in vitro as well as in vivo characterization of ECFCs from the human umbilical CB.

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Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood

Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) are circulating endothelial cells with robust clonal proliferative potential that display intrinsic in vivo vessel forming ability. Phenotypic and functional characterization of outgrowth endothelial cells derived from CB are important to identify and isolate bona fide ECFCs for potential clinical application in repairing damaged tissues.

Longstanding views of new blood vessel formation via angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and arteriogenesis have been recently reviewed1. The presence of ...

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16.2K Görüntüleme.  Indiana University School of Medicine. Endotel koloni oluşturan hücreleri (ECFCs) intrensek göstermeyen sağlam klonal bir proliferatif potansiyeli olan endotel hücreleri dolaşıyor In vivo Gemi yeteneği oluşturulması. CB türetilen outgrowth endotelyal hücreler fenotipik ve fonksiyonel karakterizasyonu tanımlamak ve izole etmek için önemlidir bona Hasarlı dokuların tamiri ve potansiyel klinik uygulama için ECFCs.