Umbilical Cord as Prospective Source for Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapy

The paper presents current evidence on the properties of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells, including origin, proliferative potential, plasticity, stability of karyotype and phenotype, transcriptome, secretome, and immunomodulatory activity. A review of preclinical studies and clin...

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Main Authors: Irina Arutyunyan, Andrey Elchaninov, Andrey Makarov, Timur Fatkhudinov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Stem Cells International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6901286