Self-renewal and differentiation capacity of urine-derived stem cells after urine preservation for 24 hours.

Despite successful approaches to preserve organs, tissues, and isolated cells, the maintenance of stem cell viability and function in body fluids during storage for cell distribution and transportation remains unexplored. The aim of this study was to characterize urine-derived stem cells (USCs) afte...

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Main Authors: Ren Lang, Guihua Liu, Yingai Shi, Shantaram Bharadwaj, Xiaoyan Leng, Xiaobo Zhou, Hong Liu, Anthony Atala, Yuanyuan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3548815?pdf=render