2013
Very Small Embryonic‐Like Stem Cells from the Murine Bone Marrow Differentiate into Epithelial Cells of the Lung
Kassmer SH, Jin H, Zhang PX, Bruscia EM, Heydari K, Lee JH, Kim CF, Kassmer SH, Krause DS. Very Small Embryonic‐Like Stem Cells from the Murine Bone Marrow Differentiate into Epithelial Cells of the Lung. Stem Cells 2013, 31: 2759-2766. PMID: 23681901, PMCID: PMC4536826, DOI: 10.1002/stem.1413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cellsSmall embryonic-like stem cellsLung epithelial cellsEmbryonic-like stem cellsStem/progenitor cellsStem cellsDonor miceHematopoietic stem/progenitor cellsBM cellsAdult BMBone marrowSmall embryonicNonhematopoietic cellsProgenitor cellsBroad differentiation potentialVSELsEngraftmentLungHigh rateNumerous reportsAdult stem cellsDifferentiation potentialCellsFirst reportReport
2011
Tissue‐engineered vascular grafts form neovessels that arise from regeneration of the adjacent blood vessel
Hibino N, Villalona G, Pietris N, Duncan DR, Schoffner A, Roh JD, Yi T, Dobrucki LW, Mejias D, Sawh‐Martinez R, Harrington JK, Sinusas A, Krause DS, Kyriakides T, Saltzman WM, Pober JS, Shin'oka T, Breuer CK. Tissue‐engineered vascular grafts form neovessels that arise from regeneration of the adjacent blood vessel. The FASEB Journal 2011, 25: 2731-2739. PMID: 21566209, PMCID: PMC3136337, DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-182246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsSmooth muscle cellsAutologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsMarrow-derived mononuclear cellsMuscle cellsAnalogous mouse modelsAdjacent blood vesselsHuman bone marrow-derived mononuclear cellsMononuclear cellsClinical trialsMouse recipientsImmunodeficient miceComposite graftMouse modelBone marrowMacrophage invasionCell originChimeric hostGraftBlood vesselsHost cell originHost macrophagesNeovessel formationVessel wallNeovessels