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CD133 Expression Strongly Correlates with the Phenotype of Very Small Embryonic-/Epiblast-Like Stem Cells.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2013
Ratajczak Mariusz Z, Mierzejewska Kasia, Ratajczak Janina, Kucia Magda
Abstract excerpt
CD133 antigen (prominin-1) is a useful cell surface marker of very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs). Antibodies against it, conjugated to paramagnetic beads or fluorochromes, are thus powerful biological tools for their isolation from human umbilical cord blood, mobilized peripheral blood, and bone marrow. VSELs are described with the following characteristics: (1) are slightly smaller than red blood...
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