Angiogenic potency evaluation of cell therapy candidates by a novel application of the in vitro aortic ring assay

Abstract Background Due to limitations of current angiogenesis assays, we aimed to develop a novel application of the rat aortic ring assay to assess the angiogenic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). First-trimester human umbilical cord-derived perivascular cells (FTM HUCPVCs) have multi...

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Main Authors: Farwah Iqbal, Peter Szaraz, Matthew Librach, Andrée Gauthier-Fisher, Clifford L. Librach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-017-0631-1