Production of Good Manufacturing Practice-Grade Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem

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Production of Good Manufacturing Practice-Grade Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Therapeutic Use

Abstract

Human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UCB-MSCs) are multipotent stem cells that can be differentiated into several specific cell types such as adipocytes, osteoblasts, and chondroblasts. They also were demonstrated to trans-differentiate into other cell lineages such as muscle cells and neurons. Thus, they are considered a promising stem cell source for therapeutic use. Here, we describe a method for production of good manufacturing practice-grade human UCB-MSCs for therapeutic use. The obtained UCB-MSCs are free of allogenous or xenogenous proteins. In addition, these MSCs could maintain the MSC phenotype in long-term culture.

DOI
10.1007/7651_2014_125
Series Title
Methods in Molecular Biology
Series Subtitle
Methods and Protocols
Series ISSN
1064-3745
Publisher
Humana Press