Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells from Discarded Neonatal Sternal Tissue: In Vitro Characterization and Angiogenic Properties

Figure 4

Neonatal sbMSCs express pluripotency-related genes Oct-4, Nanog, and Sox-2 as determined by quantitative real-time PCR. Neonatal sbMSC line 2 had significantly upregulated expression of all these genes as compared to the other lines. Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test and significant differences ().