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Age and gender effect on the growth of bone marrow stromal cells in vitro
The Medical Journal of Malaysia ; : 196-197, 2004.
Article in Malayalam | WPRIM | ID: wpr-629962
ABSTRACT
Bone marrow harvested by aspiration contains connective tissue progenitor cells which can be selectively isolated and induced to express bone phenotype in vitro. The osteoblastic progenitor can be estimated by counting the number of cells attach using the haemacytometer. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that human aging is associated with a significant change on the number of osteoblastic progenitors in the bone marrow. Bone marrow aspirates were harvested from 38 patients, 14 men (age 11-70) and 24 women (age 10-70) and cultured in F12 DMEM (11). In total 15 bone marrow samples have been isolated from patients above 40 years old (men/women) of age. Fourteen (93.3%) of this samples failed to proliferate. Only one (6.7%) bone marrow sample from a male patient, aged 59 years old was successfully cultured. Seventy percent (16/23) of the samples from patient below than 40 years old were successfully cultured. However, our observation on the survival rate for cells of different gender from patient below 40 years old does not indicate any significant difference. From this study, we conclude that the growth of bone marrow stromal cells possibly for bone engineering is better from bone marrow aspirates of younger patient.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Osteoblasts / Bone Marrow Cells / Cell Division / Cell Survival / Sex Factors / Age Factors / Cellular Senescence / Stromal Cells / Tissue Engineering / Mesenchymal Stem Cells Language: Malayalam Journal: The Medical Journal of Malaysia Year: 2004 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Osteoblasts / Bone Marrow Cells / Cell Division / Cell Survival / Sex Factors / Age Factors / Cellular Senescence / Stromal Cells / Tissue Engineering / Mesenchymal Stem Cells Language: Malayalam Journal: The Medical Journal of Malaysia Year: 2004 Type: Article