A Nonenzymatic and Automated Closed-Cycle Process for the Isolation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Drug Delivery Applications

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Growth and recovery efficiency of DB-ASCs. After few days of culture, it was possible to distinguish the red blood cells from the ASCs adherent to the flask (a, b, c). In Figures (b) and (c), black arrows indicate red blood cells and white arrows ASCs. Figure (d) represents the early adhesion (10 days at 37°C, 5% CO₂), and Figure (e) the late adhesion (15 days at 37°C, 5% CO₂) of DB-ASCs. Figure (f) reports DB-ASC recovery efficiency (the amount of ASCs recovered from the lipoaspirate by one-step collection and by fractionated collection), and the histogram (g) reports the percentage recovery of ASCs by fractionated collection after 1, 2.5, and 5 minutes. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three different measures.

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