Giler, Margaret K.
Tucker, H. Alan
Foote, Amanda K.
Francis, Avery G.
Madsen, Sean D.
Liu, Yao-Zhong
O’Connor, Kim C. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4030-3957
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (CBET-1604129, CBET-1604129, CBET-1604129, CBET-1604129, CBET-1604129, CBET-1604129)
Tulane University Carol Lavin Bernick Faculty Grant Program
Article History
Received: 26 May 2024
Accepted: 5 February 2025
First Online: 19 February 2025
Declarations
:
: KCO is the inventor of patents entitled 'Cell-surface marker of early MSC aging' issued in the USA, Australia, Canada, Great Britian, France, Germany and Switzerland. KCO, YZL, MKG and AF are the inventors of a provisional patent application entitled 'Gene signature for early aging mesenchymal stem cells at early passage.' All other authors declare that they have no competing interest.
: MSCs were obtained from healthy human subjects after their written informed consent. The protocols for harvesting and use of human MSCs were reviewed and approved by the Tulane University Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol 160254-6), Texas A&M University Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol 2014-3020F) and Baylor Scott & White Hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol 081748). Institutional approval of these protocols was obtained prior to MSC harvesting.