Freezing Harvested hMSCs and Recovery of hMSCs from Frozen Vials for Subsequent Expansion, Analysis, and Experimentation
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Human multipotential stromal cells (hMSCs) are easily isolated from bone marrow and can be expanded by up to 200-fold in culture.
Cultures of hMSCs are heterogeneous mixtures of stem/progenitor cells and more mature cell types. The proportion of each cell
type in a given culture depends on how the cells are maintained. To maintain their stem cell-like qualities, hMSCs should
be plated at low seeding densities (60–150 cells/cm2), lifted when between 60% and 80% confluent and should not be expanded beyond 4–5 passages. Thus, it is useful to establish
a frozen bank of early passage cells. hMSCs store well in vapor phase liquid nitrogen (LN2) and are easily recovered for further expansion. This chapter describes one method of establishing a bank of early passage
hMSCs using a seed lot system and the subsequent recovery of hMSCs from frozen stocks. The recovered cells can then be harvested
and used for analyses of identification, functionality, in vitro and/or in vivo experimentation, or further expanded.
Affiliation(s): (3) Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Book Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 449 | Pub. Date: Apr-01-2008 | Page Range: 109-116 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-169-1_8
Subject: Cell Biology
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