Mesenchymalstemcells(MSC)areawell-characterizedpopulationofadultstemcells.Theyhavethepotentialtodevelopintomaturecellsthatproducefat,cartilage,bone,tendons,andmuscle[1,2].Theseproperties,incombinationwiththeirdevelopmentalplasticity,havegeneratedtremendousinterestbecauseofthepotentialuseofMSCinregenerativemedicine.MSCculturedwithoutseruminthepresenceoftransformationgrowthfactorswilldifferentiateintochondrocytes.Incontrast,MSCculturedinserumwithascorbicacidanddexamethasonewilldifferentiateintoosteoblasts.MSChavethecapABIlityforrenewalanddifferentiationintovariouslineagesofmesenchymaltissues.Withtheirrenewalcapability,MSChavethepotentialtobetransplantedintoaninjuredsiteorseededonabiomimeticscaffoldtogenerateappropriatetissueconstructs.
HVMSCfromSciencellResearchLaboratoriesareisolatedfromhumanvertebralbody.HVMSCarecryopreservedatpassageoneanddeliveredfrozen.Eachvialcontains>5x10^5cellsin1mlvolume.HVMSCarecharacterizedbyimmunofluorescencewithantibodiesspecifictoCD73,CD90,CD105andlipidstainingafterdifferentiation.HVMSCarenegativeforHIV-1,HBV,HCV,mycoplasma,bacteria,yeastandfungi.HVMSCareguaranteedtofurtherexpandfor15populationdoublingsundertheconditionsprovidedbyScienCellResearchLaboratories.
RecommendedMedium
ItisrecommendedtouseMesenchymalStemCellMedium(MSCM,Cat.#7501)forculturingHVMSCinvitro.
Specifications:
| CatalogNo. | 7550 | 
| CountryofManufacture | UnitedStates | 
| ProductCode | HVMSC | 
| Size/Quantity | 5x10^5cells/vial | 
| ProductUse | HVMSCareforresearchuseonly.Itisnotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures. | 
| Storage | Directlyandimmediatelytransfercellsfromdryicetoliquidnitrogenuponreceivingandkeepthecellsinliquidnitrogenuntilcellcultureisneededforexperiments. | 
| ShippingInfo | Dryice. | 
| References | 1.Kassem,M.Mesenchymalstemcells:BIOLOGicalcharacteristicsandpotentialclinicalapplications.2004.CloningStemCells.6(4):369-74.2.Barry,F.P.,andJ.M.Murphy.Mesenchymalstemcells:clinicalapplicationsandbiologicalcharacterization.2004.IntJBiochemCellBiol.36(4):568-84. | 

		