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EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 295, Issue 1, Pages 119-127Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2003.12.018
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cell attachment; cell adhesion; concanavalin A; phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinin; mesenchymal stem cells
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Transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), chondrocytes, osteoblasts, or muscle cells promotes regeneration. However, these cells adhere poorly to some scaffolds-depending upon the scaffold material-and are often damaged by proteases or mechanical stimuli at site of transplantation. We found, however, that MSC, chondrocytes, and osteoblasts-along with some other cells-that were exposed to phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinin (PHA-E) or concanavalin A (ConA) increased their adhesion capacity on plastic tissue culture dishes and on plates of hydroxyapatite, titanium and poly-DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA), and that these cells, moreover, built up resistance to proteases and/or mechanical stimuli. Thus, lectins may have great potential in tissue engineering and cell therapy. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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