MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS OBTAINED FROM AN ADULT THYMUS

摘要

The present invention relates to multipotent stem cells derived from the thymus and, preferably, from the fatty tissue, capable of differentiating and producing cells with the characteristics of specialised cells, and to the methods for obtaining such cells. Said cells can be used for preparing drugs and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of lesions and degenerative or genetic diseases, as well as for assessing the cellular response to biological or pharmacological agents. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of fatty cells from the thymus of mammals for inducing angiogenesis in at least one isolated endothelial cell as well as to a method for achieving said induction.