Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1353-1359 , October 2006

A Stro-1+ human universal stromal feeder layer to expand/maintain human bone marrow hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in a serum-free culture system

  • Raquel Gonçalves

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., USA
    • Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Cláudia Lobato da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., USA
    • Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • ,
  • Joaquim M.S. Cabral

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
  • ,
  • Esmail D. Zanjani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., USA
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  • Graça Almeida-Porada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Graça Almeida-Porada, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 202, Reno NV 89557-0104

Received 15 May 2006 ,Accepted 15 May 2006.

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PII: S0301-472X(06)00496-6

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.05.024

Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1353-1359 , October 2006