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Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering
The embryonic development of the human umbilical cord (hUC) is complex, and different regions can be identified in this structure. The aim of this work is to characterize the hUC at in situ and ex vivo levels to stablish their potential use in vascular regeneration. Human umbilical cords were obtain...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12040648 |
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author | Blanco-Elices, Cristina Chato-Astrain, Jesús González-González, Alberto Sánchez-Porras, David Carriel, Víctor Fernández-Valadés, Ricardo Sánchez-Quevedo, María del Carmen Alaminos, Miguel Garzón, Ingrid |
author_facet | Blanco-Elices, Cristina Chato-Astrain, Jesús González-González, Alberto Sánchez-Porras, David Carriel, Víctor Fernández-Valadés, Ricardo Sánchez-Quevedo, María del Carmen Alaminos, Miguel Garzón, Ingrid |
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description | The embryonic development of the human umbilical cord (hUC) is complex, and different regions can be identified in this structure. The aim of this work is to characterize the hUC at in situ and ex vivo levels to stablish their potential use in vascular regeneration. Human umbilical cords were obtained and histologically prepared for in the situ analysis of four hUC regions (intervascular—IV, perivascular—PV, subaminoblastic—SAM, and Wharton’s jelly—WH), and primary cell cultures of mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSC) isolated from each region were obtained. The results confirmed the heterogeneity of the hUC, with the IV and PV zones tending to show the higher in situ expression of several components of the extracellular matrix (collagens, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans), vimentin, and MSC markers (especially CD73), although isolation and ex vivo culture resulted in a homogeneous cell profile. Three vascular markers were positive in situ, especially vWF, followed by CD34 and CD31, and isolation and culture revealed that the region associated with the highest expression of vascular markers was IV, followed by PV. These results confirm the heterogeneity of the hUC and the need for selecting cells from specific regions of the hUC for particular applications in tissue engineering. |
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spelling | pubmed-90287942022-04-23 Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering Blanco-Elices, Cristina Chato-Astrain, Jesús González-González, Alberto Sánchez-Porras, David Carriel, Víctor Fernández-Valadés, Ricardo Sánchez-Quevedo, María del Carmen Alaminos, Miguel Garzón, Ingrid J Pers Med Article The embryonic development of the human umbilical cord (hUC) is complex, and different regions can be identified in this structure. The aim of this work is to characterize the hUC at in situ and ex vivo levels to stablish their potential use in vascular regeneration. Human umbilical cords were obtained and histologically prepared for in the situ analysis of four hUC regions (intervascular—IV, perivascular—PV, subaminoblastic—SAM, and Wharton’s jelly—WH), and primary cell cultures of mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSC) isolated from each region were obtained. The results confirmed the heterogeneity of the hUC, with the IV and PV zones tending to show the higher in situ expression of several components of the extracellular matrix (collagens, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans), vimentin, and MSC markers (especially CD73), although isolation and ex vivo culture resulted in a homogeneous cell profile. Three vascular markers were positive in situ, especially vWF, followed by CD34 and CD31, and isolation and culture revealed that the region associated with the highest expression of vascular markers was IV, followed by PV. These results confirm the heterogeneity of the hUC and the need for selecting cells from specific regions of the hUC for particular applications in tissue engineering. MDPI 2022-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9028794/ /pubmed/35455764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12040648 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Blanco-Elices, Cristina Chato-Astrain, Jesús González-González, Alberto Sánchez-Porras, David Carriel, Víctor Fernández-Valadés, Ricardo Sánchez-Quevedo, María del Carmen Alaminos, Miguel Garzón, Ingrid Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title | Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title_full | Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title_fullStr | Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title_full_unstemmed | Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title_short | Histological Profiling of the Human Umbilical Cord: A Potential Alternative Cell Source in Tissue Engineering |
title_sort | histological profiling of the human umbilical cord: a potential alternative cell source in tissue engineering |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12040648 |
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