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World J Stem Cells. Jan 26, 2013; 5(1): 26-33
Published online Jan 26, 2013. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v5.i1.26
Fetal cardiac mesenchymal stem cells express embryonal markers and exhibit differentiation into cells of all three germ layers
Garikipati Venkata Naga Srikanth, Naresh Kumar Tripathy, Soniya Nityanand
Garikipati Venkata Naga Srikanth, Naresh Kumar Tripathy, Soniya Nityanand, Stem Cell Research Facility, Department of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Author contributions: Srikanth GVN designed and performed the experiments and analyzed the data; Tripathy NK and Nityanand S designed the study and analyzed the data; Nityanand S provided the reagents and analytical tools; Srikanth GVN, Tripathy NK and Nityanand S wrote the manuscript.
Supported by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, BT/PR6519/MED/14/826/2005, to Dr. Nityanand S
Correspondence to: Soniya Nityanand, MD, PhD, FNASc, FASc, Professor, Head, Stem Cell Research Facility, Department of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow 226014, UP, India. soniya@sgpgi.ac.in
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Received: April 16, 2012
Revised: August 23, 2012
Accepted: December 20, 2012
Published online: January 26, 2013
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