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Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells: phenotypic characterization and optimizing their therapeutic potential for clinical applications.
International journal of molecular sciences - 31 May 2013
Kim Dae-Won, Staples Meaghan, Shinozuka Kazutaka, Pantcheva Paolina, Kang Sung-Don, Borlongan Cesar V
Abstract excerpt
Wharton's jelly (WJ) is a gelatinous tissue within the umbilical cord that contains myofibroblast-like stromal cells. A unique cell population of WJ that has been suggested as displaying the stemness phenotype is the mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Because MSCs' stemness and immune properties appear to be more robustly expressed and functional which are more comparable with fetal than adult-derived MSCs, MSCs...
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