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Stem Cells International
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 943216, 10 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/943216
Review Article

Could Metabolic Syndrome, Lipodystrophy, and Aging Be Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exhaustion Syndromes?

Eduardo Mansilla,1 Vanina Díaz Aquino,1 Daniel Zambón,2 Gustavo Horacio Marin,1 Karina Mártire,1 Gustavo Roque,1 Thomas Ichim,3 Neil H. Riordan,3 Amit Patel,4 Flavio Sturla,5 Gustavo Larsen,6,7 Rubén Spretz,6,7 Luis Núñez,8,9 Carlos Soratti,10 Ricardo Ibar,10 Michiel van Leeuwen,11 José María Tau,1 Hugo Drago,5 and Alberto Maceira1

1Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapies Laboratory, CUCAIBA, Ministry of Health, Province of Buenos Aires, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
2Lipid Clinic, Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
3Division of Endometrial Regenerative Stem Cells, Medistem Inc., San Diego, CA 92122, USA
4Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
5Division Skin Bank, Burns Hospital, Buenos Aires City, C1424BSD, Argentina
6LNK Chemsolutions, Division of Nanotechnology, Lincoln, NE 68521, USA
7Bio-Target, Division of Nanotechnology, NE 68339, USA
8The University of Chicago, Division of Nanotechnology, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
9Nanovogue Inc., Division of Intelligent Matrices, Chicago, IL 60126-2731, USA
10INCUCAI, Presidency, Ministry of Health, 2250-C1428BAJ Buenos Aires, Argentina
11Vrije Universiteit, Burns Division, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 15 August 2010; Accepted 22 March 2011

Academic Editor: Jozef Bartunek

Copyright © 2011 Eduardo Mansilla et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Eduardo Mansilla, Vanina Díaz Aquino, Daniel Zambón, et al., “Could Metabolic Syndrome, Lipodystrophy, and Aging Be Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exhaustion Syndromes?,” Stem Cells International, vol. 2011, Article ID 943216, 10 pages, 2011. doi:10.4061/2011/943216