1. Células-tronco mesenquimais: characterísticas, cultivo e uso na Medicina Veterinária.
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Martins, Gabrielle Rosemblit, da Silva Teixeira, Maria Fátima, Quirino Beserra Junior, Rosivaldo, Dias, Ronaldo Pereira, de Freitas Aguiar, Tereza D'ávila, Marinho, Rebeca Cavalcante, and Pinheiro, Ana Raquel Almeida
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The mesenchymal stem cells are undifferentiated adult cells with high plasticity, capable of causing tissue mesodermais and not mesodermais, producing any cell type needed in the repair process. Due to such characteristics these cells have been gaining much attention from research directed both to humans and to animals, seeking standards protocols to separation, cultivation and differentiation of the same so that they can be used in various cell therapies. The main current focus of interest in the cell therapy is regenerative medicine, which seeks to replace damaged cells or tissue, senescent or lost to restore their function, and therapies with stem cells, those that arouse more interest in society. Currently, research in veterinary medicine have used mice, rats, cats, dogs, horses, sheep and goats, isolating this cell type, mainly bone marrow, adipose tissue, umbilical cord and amniotic fluid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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