Research Article

Human Cord Blood-Derived CD133+/C-Kit+/Lin Cells Have Bipotential Ability to Differentiate into Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Outgrowth Endothelial Cells

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The microenvironment induces the differentiation of CKL− cells into OECs or MSCs. (a) CKL− cells were cocultured with GFP− transfected OECs or MSCs. After 3 days in culture, GFP- OECs or MSCs began to appear among GFP+ OECs or MSCs cells, respectively (arrowheads). (b) GFP- OECs and MSCs differentiated from CKL− cells were confirmed by immunofluorescent staining for VE-cad and α-SMA antibody, respectively.
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