Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10930452 Cytotherapy 2015 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
We show that UCB contains progenitors endowed with differentiation potential into cardiomyocytes: these cells reside in the c-kit+ fraction and require the presence of abundant accessory cells to accomplish the differentiation. These preliminary observations provide the basis for consider the storage of autologous UCB in patients with prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases potentially amenable by myocardial regenerative approaches.
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