Endometrial regenerative cells: a novel stem cell population
Meng X., Ichim TE., Zhong J., Rogers A., Yin Z., Jackson J.
Laboratory Study, published in J Transl Med (2007) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
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- Study type
- Laboratory Study
- Journal
- J Transl Med (2007)
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- Europe PMC
- PMID
- 18005405
- PMCID
- PMC2212625
- DOI
- 10.1186/1479-5876-5-57
- Citations
- 395
Abstract (original English)
Angiogenesis is a critical component of the proliferative endometrial phase of the menstrual cycle. Thus, we hypothesized that a stem cell-like population exist and can be isolated from menstrual blood. Mononuclear cells collected from the menstrual blood contained a subpopulation of adherent cells which could be maintained in tissue culture for >68 doublings and retained expression of the markers CD9, CD29, CD41a, CD44, CD59, CD73, CD90 and CD105, without karyotypic abnormalities. Proliferative rate of the cells was significantly higher than control umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells, with doubling occurring every 19.4 hours. These cells, which we termed "Endometrial Regenerative Cells" (ERC) were capable of differentiating into 9 lineages: cardiomyocytic, respiratory epithelial, neurocytic, myocytic, endothelial, pancreatic, hepatic, adipocytic, and osteogenic. Additionally, ERC produced MMP3, MMP10, GM-CSF, angiopoietin-2 and PDGF-BB at 10-100,000 fold higher levels than two control cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cell lines. Given the ease of extraction and pluripotency of this cell population, we propose ERC as a novel alternative to current stem cells sources.
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- • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.
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