Adipose-derived stromal cells may be useful for engineering new tissue from a patient's own cells. We present a protocol for the isolation of a subpopulation of human adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) with increased osteogenic potential, followed by application of the cells in an in vivo calvarial healing assay.
Marshall, C. D., Zielins, E. R., Brett, E. A., Blackshear, C. P., Hu, M. S., Leavitt, T., Barnes, L. A., Lorenz, H. P., Longaker, M. T., Wan, D. C. Rapid Isolation of BMPR-IB+ Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells for Use in a Calvarial Defect Healing Model. J. Vis. Exp. (120), e55120, doi:10.3791/55120 (2017).