Protective Effect of Human Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells in an Immunodeficient Mouse Model of Acute Tubular Necrosis
Figure 1
hAFSC morphology, gene expression and karyotype.
A. Morphology of hAFSC population. After 40 passages in culture under bright field the cells present a fibroblastoid appearance (10×). B. Karyotype of hAFSC after 38 passages. C. RT-PCR of hAFSC before in vivo injection. Neither early nor mature kidney markers are expressed. hACTB is used as a housekeeping gene.