Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease characterized by destruction of the
articular cartilage due to environmental, mechanical and genetic components. The genetics …

… Silvia Díaz-Prado and Emma Muiños-López contributed … Silvia Díaz-Prado and Emma
Muiños-López contributed … Silvia Díaz-Prado and Emma Muiños-López contributed equally to this …

The human amniotic membrane (HAM) is a highly abundant and readily available tissue.
This amniotic tissue has considerable advantageous characteristics to be considered as an …

y. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation
of human bone-marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (hBMSCs) cultured on collagen …

Intracellular signalling mediated by secreted Wnt proteins is essential for the establishment
of cell fates and proper tissue patterning during embryo development and for the regulation …

A new theory about the development of solid tumours is emerging from the idea that solid
tumours, like normal adult tissues, contain stem cells (called cancer stem cells) and arise from …

The human amniotic membrane (HAM) is an abundant and readily obtained tissue that may
be an important source of scaffold for transplanted chondrocytes in cartilage regeneration in …

… LÓPEZ, SILVIA DÍAZ-PRADO, FRANCISCO JAVIER de TORO and FRANCISCO JAVIER
BLANCO … Diaz-Prado is beneficiary of an Isidro Parga Pondal contract from Xunta de Galicia. T. …

Introduction: The human amniotic membrane is a highly abundant and readily available
tissue that may be useful for regenerative medicine and cell therapy. Aim: To compare two …

The establishment of cartilage regenerative medicine is an important clinical issue, but the
search for cell sources able to restore cartilage integrity proves to be challenging. Human …