Cell Contact Accelerates Replicative Senescence of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Independent of Telomere Shortening and p53 Activation: Roles of Ras and Oxidative Stress

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are of great therapeutic potentials due to their multilineage differentiation capabilities. Before transplantation, in vitro culture expansion of MSCs is necessary to get desired cell number. We observed that cell contact accelerated replicative senescence during such p...

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Main Authors: Jennifer H. Ho, Yu-Fan Chen, Wei-Hsien Ma, Tzu-Ching Tseng, Ming-Hsiang Chen, Oscar K. Lee M.D., Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-09-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/0963689109X546562