Vasculogenic and osteogenesis-enhancing potential of human umbilical cord blood endothelial colony-forming cells

• Main Authors: Lee, Eddy S. M., Mattar, Citra N. Z., Medina, Reinhold J., Kamm, Roger D., Fisk, Nicholas M., Liu, Yuchun, Teoh, Swee-Hin, Chong, Mark Seow Khoon, Randhawa, Nau'shil Kaur, Zhang, Zhi-yong, Choolani, Mahesh, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96562; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10314
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial colony-forming cells (UCB-ECFC) show utility in neovascularization, but their contribution to osteogenesis has not been defined. Cocultures of UCB-ECFC with human fetal-mesenchymal stem cells (hfMSC) resulted in earlier induction of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)...