STEM CELL BIOLOGY
You are considering offering stem cell therapy for your patients, but realize there is still debate on just how stem cells ‘act’, and what are the best therapies.
Please provide clear and detailed explanation.
Question
You have decided to isolate and use a mesenchymal cell (MSC) population and need to characterize the cells.
Describe an example of why more than one antigen expression is required to characterize a MSC, and how you can detect the antigens and the challenges of antigen detection.