Functional Expression of the Extracellular Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR) in Equine Umbilical Cord Matrix Size-Sieved Stem Cells The present study investigates the effects of high external calcium concentration and the calcimimetic NPS R-467, a known calcium-sensing receptor agonist, on growth/proliferation of two equine size-sieved umbilical cord matrix mesenchymal stem cell lines. [PLoS ONE] Mannitol-Containing Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cement Encapsulating Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells The objective of this study was to develop a self-setting, mannitol-containing calcium phosphate cement encapsulating human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for bone tissue engineering. [J Tissue Eng Regen Med] Trends of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1984-2007 Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation activity was surveyed in the 9 countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region that are reported to carry out transplants. [Biol Blood Marrow Transplant] Human CD8 T Cells Generated In Vitro from Hematopoietic Stem Cells Are Functionally Mature Researchers addressed whether functional CD8 T cells can be generated fully in vitro using human umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells in coculture with OP9-DL1 cells. [BMC Immunol] The Novel Allele, HLA-B*07:68:02, Identified in a German Cord Blood Donor and Her Father The novel allele HLA-B*07:68:02 identified in two related individuals of Caucasian origin is described. [Tissue Antigens] Successful Bone Marrow Transplantation in a Pediatric Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia from a HLA-Identical Sibling Selected by Preimplantation HLA Testing This report describes preimplantation HLA-genotyping to deliver a matched sibling donor for successful transplantation of a malignant disorder. [Pediatr Blood Cancer] Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Bronchiolitis Obliterans After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Researchers retrospectively analyzed the incidence of and risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients. [Int J Hematol] |