Characterization, GFP gene nucleofection, and allotransplantation in injured tendons of ovine amniotic fluid-derived stem cells

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-117

  Colosimo, Alessia ^a,b   Curini, V ^a,b   Russo, V ^a,b   Mauro, A ^a   Bernabo N ^a,b   Marchisio, M ^b,c   Alfonsi, M ^c   Muttini, A ^a,b   Mattioli, M ^a   Barboni, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b Stem TeCh Group   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid stem cells (AFMSCs); GFP reporter gene; Nucleofection; Sheep; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; TENDON INJURY; TRANSGENE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FETAL STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OSTEOGENESIS; PLASMIDS; SHEEP; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84873030765     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368912X638883     Document Type: Article

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