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Review
. 2021:2235:127-137.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1056-5_9.

Assessing the Bone-Forming Potential of Pericytes

Carolyn A Meyers  1 , Chenchao Wang  2   3   4 , Jiajia Xu  1 , Hsin Chuan Pan  3 , Jia Shen  3 , Kang Ting  3 , Chia Soo  2   5 , Bruno M Péault  2   6 , Aaron W James  7   8
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Review

Assessing the Bone-Forming Potential of Pericytes

Carolyn A Meyers et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2021.

Abstract

Human pericytes are a perivascular cell population with mesenchymal stem cell properties, present in all vascularized tissues. Human pericytes have a distinct immunoprofile, which may be leveraged for purposes of cell purification. Adipose tissue is the most commonly used cell source for human pericyte derivation. Pericytes can be isolated by FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting), most commonly procured from liposuction aspirates. Pericytes have clonal multilineage differentiation potential, and their potential utility for bone regeneration has been described across multiple animal models. The following review will discuss in vivo methods for assessing the bone-forming potential of purified pericytes. Potential models include (1) mouse intramuscular implantation, (2) mouse calvarial defect implantation, and (3) rat spinal fusion models. In addition, the presented surgical protocols may be used for the in vivo analysis of other osteoprogenitor cell types.

Keywords: Bone Defect; Osteogenesis; Pericyte; Stem Cell; Tissue Engineering.

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