Effects of Serial Passage on the Characteristics and Cardiac and Neural Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Wharton's Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

• Main Authors: Jianchun Lian (Author), Shijie Lv (Author), Chang Liu (Author), Yang Liu (Author), Shujun Wang (Author), Xin Guo (Author), Feng Nan (Author), Hua Yu (Author), Xin He (Author), Guangwei Sun (Author), Xiaojun Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objective. It is important to guarantee the quality of stem cells. Serial passage is the main approach to expand stem cells. This study evaluated effects of serial passage on the biological characteristics of human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly-derived MSCs (WJ MSCs). Methods. B...