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Murine amniotic fluid stem cells contribute mesenchymal but not epithelial components to reconstituted mammary ducts.
Stem cell research & therapy - 7 Jul 2010
Klemmt Petra A B, Vafaizadeh Vida, Groner Bernd
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INTRODUCTION: Amniotic fluid harbors cells indicative of all three germ layers, and pluripotent fetal amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSs) are considered potentially valuable for applications in cellular therapy and tissue engineering. We investigated whether it is possible to direct the cell fate of AFSs in vivo by transplantation experiments into a particular microenvironment, the mammary fat pad. This...
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