Compositions and methods to culturing neural stem cells with bone marrow stromal cells
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- THERADIGM INC
- Publication Date
- 2007-05-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Background technique
[0001] Bone marrow includes at least two types of stem cells: hematopoietic stem cells and non-hematopoietic tissue stem cells, the latter referred to variously: mesenchymal stem cells, spinal cord stromal cells (MSCs) or bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs), these terms are used in this document synonymous. Spinal stromal cells are of interest because they can be easily isolated from small bone marrow aspirate and readily generate single-cell-derived colonies. Single cell-derived colonies can have 50 population doublings in 10 weeks and differentiate into osteoblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes (A.J.Friedenstein et al. 1970 Cell Tissue Kinet.3:393-403; H.Castro-Malaspina et al. 1980 Blood 56:289-301; N.N.Beresford et al. 1992 J.Cell Sci.102:341-351; D.J.Prockop 1997 Science 276:71-74), muscle cells (S.Wakitani et al. 1995 Muscle Nerve 18:1417-1426), astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and neurons (S.A.Azizi et al. 1998 Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 95:3908-3913; G.C.Kopen...