Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Cell Surface Receptors

Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Cell Surface Receptors

Volume: 4 Issue: 3

Author(s): Denitsa Docheva, Florian Haasters and Matthias Schieker

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Keywords: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), receptors, chondrogenic differentiation, osteoarthritis (OA)

Abstract: Daily increasing evidence indicates that stem cells can be found in nearly every tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells, which reside in the bone marrow and other mesenchymal tissues. MSCs can be expanded to large numbers and can be driven into diverse mesenchymal cell lineages, including chondrocytes. Therefore, MSCs have attracted the attention of the biomedical community as very promising tools for repair of joint tissues, such as articular cartilage. This review will outline the MSC surface receptors and will focus on receptors that deliver important signals for chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs.

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Docheva Denitsa, Haasters Florian and Schieker Matthias, Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Cell Surface Receptors, Current Rheumatology Reviews 2008; 4 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339708785133479

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339708785133479	Print ISSN 1573-3971
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-6360