Development and validation of a new method to isolate, expand, and differentiate circulating osteogenic precursor (COP) cells
Circulating osteogenic precursor (COP) cells are a population of progenitor cells in the peripheral blood with the capacity to form bone in vitro and in vivo.They have characteristics of the mesenchymal stem and a pea in the pod nursing bra progenitor pool found in the bone marrow; however, more recently, a population of COP cells has been identifi