Research Article

Isolation of Small SSEA-4-Positive Putative Stem Cells from the Ovarian Surface Epithelium of Adult Human Ovaries by Two Different Methods

Figure 4

Two populations of SSEA-4-positive cells isolated by MACS from the suspensions of cells brushed from the ovarian cortex biopsies (ovarian surface epithelium). (a, c, e, and g) Bigger cells with diameters of up to 8 μm and immunobeads (arrow). (b, d, f, and h) Small, round cells with diameters of up to 4 μm (inverted microscope, dic-Nomarski, 6000x magnification). Red Bar: 10 μm.
690415.fig.004a
(a)
690415.fig.004b
(b)
690415.fig.004c
(c)
690415.fig.004d
(d)
690415.fig.004e
(e)
690415.fig.004f
(f)
690415.fig.004g
(g)
690415.fig.004h
(h)