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  • A Glycovariant of Human CD44 is Characteristically Expressed on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

A Glycovariant of Human CD44 is Characteristically Expressed on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) (2016-11-27)
Gisela Pachón-Peña, Conor Donnelly, Catalina Ruiz-Cañada, Adam Katz, Sonia Fernández-Veledo, Joan Vendrell, Robert Sackstein
ABSTRACT

The clinical effectiveness of systemically administered human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) depends on their capacity to engage vascular endothelium. hMSCs derived from bone marrow (BM-hMSCs) natively lack endothelial binding capacity, but express a CD44 glycovariant containing N-linked sialyllactosamines that can be α(1,3)-fucosylated using fucosyltransferase-VI (FTVI) to enforce sLe

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Guanosine 5′-diphospho-β-L-fucose sodium salt, ≥85%