Research Article
Genetically Modified Porcine Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Lentiviral Tbx18 Create a Biological Pacemaker
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Cell characteristics of BMSCs and demonstration of gene transfer. (a) Surface marker of BMSCs under flow cytometry. BMSCs: bone mesenchymal stem cells; CD: cluster of differentiation. (b) Cellular morphological feature of BMSCs exhibiting a spindle shape. . (c) Green fluorescence of BMSCs after transfection with Lenti-Tbx18 for 48 h. . (d, e) Representative morphological characterizations of BMSCs with a strip shape and original spindle shape after transduction with Lenti-Tbx18 and Lenti-GFP for 7 days, respectively. .
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