There have, however, been some studies with encouraging results; for example, Chinese scientists took
human endothelial progenitor cells exposed to resveratrol, and showed that telomerase activity increased.
Not exact matches
Review of «Antitumor Effects of CD40 Ligand - Expressing
Endothelial Progenitor Cells Derived From
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem
Cells in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Model» from Stem
Cells TM by Stuart P. Atkinson.
Researchers from the laboratories of Hiroshi Y. Yoshikawa and Hideki Taniguchi had previously demonstrated the in vitro formation of a 3D transplantable liver «organ bud» from
human induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) co-cultured with mesenchymal and
endothelial progenitors, and allows for the growth of a small vascularized and functional organ [1 - 3].
Direct conversion or reprogramming of
human postnatal
cells into
endothelial cells (ECs), bypassing stem or
progenitor cell status, is crucial for regenerative medicine,
cell therapy, and pathophysiological investigation but has remained largely unexplored.
Endothelial progenitor cells were isolated from small pieces (1 — 3 cm) of
human saphenous vein and / or mammary artery.