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Mesenchymal stem cells are usually obtained from bone marrow and require expansion culture. When samples clot before processing, a protocol using the (enzymatic) thrombolytic drug urokinase can be applied to degrade the clot. Thus, cells are released and available for expansion culture. This protocol provides a rapid and inexpensive alternative to resampling.
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Schlaefli, P., Bertolo, A., Malonzo, C., Poetzel, T., Baur, M., Steffen, F., Stoyanov, J. An Enzymatic Method to Rescue Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Clotted Bone Marrow Samples. J. Vis. Exp. (98), e52694, doi:10.3791/52694 (2015).
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