ea0016oc4.6 | Bone and adrenal | ECE2008
Corbetta Sabrina
, Belicchi Marzia
, Pisati Federica
, Meregalli Mirella
, Eller-Vainicher Cristina
, Vicentini Leonardo
, Beck-Peccoz Paolo
, Spada Anna
A peculiar characteristic of parathyroid tissue is the ability to spontaneously induce angiogenesis, to proliferate and to secrete PTH when autotransplanted in patients undergoing total parathyroidectomy. Since stem/progenitor cells have been involved in the process of tissue regeneration, we searched for putative parathyroid progenitors from human normal and tumoral parathyroids. By immunohistochemistry, FACS analysis and cell culture we identified parathyroid cells positive ...