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Isolation and Characterization of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Human Umbilical Cord and Fetal Placenta
Published on: April 3, 2017
Isolation of mesenchymal stromal cells from extraembryonic tissues and their characteristics
V N Veryasov1, A M Savilova, O A Buyanovskaya
1V. I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
We describe a method of isolation of human mesenchymal stromal cells from the umbilical cord (Wharton's jelly) and human placenta: amnion, placental villi, and trophoblast. Morphology, immunophenotypic characteristics, and differentiation potencies of isolated cells were studied. The capacity of mesenchymal stromal cells from extraembryonic tissues to osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic differentiation was demonstrated and the dynamics of this process was described. The isolated cells met the criteria for multipotent mesenchymal stem cells.
We describe a method of isolation of human mesenchymal stromal cells from the umbilical cord (Wharton's jelly) and human placenta: amnion, placental villi, and trophoblast. Morphology, immunophenotypic characteristics, and differentiation potencies of isolated cells were studied. The capacity of mesenchymal stromal cells from extraembryonic tissues to osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic differentiation was demonstrated and the dynamics of this process was described. The isolated cells met the criteria for multipotent mesenchymal stem cells.

