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Biological characterization of chicken mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells from umbilical cord Wharton’s Jelly

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Mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells derived from Wharton’s jelly of the umbilical cord (UCMSCs/UCMPCs) are multipotent, and can be differentiated in vitro into many cell types. Much work has been done on UCMSCs/UCMPCs from humans, mice, rabbits, and other mammals, but the relatively little literature has been published about these cells in chickens. In our work, we isolated USMSCs/USMPCs from chicken embryos. We characterized the isolated cells using immunofluorescence and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction techniques. Primary UCMSCs/UCMPCs were subcultured to passage 30 and growth curves for each passage determined. The growth curves at different passages were all typically sigmoidal. Isolated UCMSCs/UCMPCs were induced to differentiate into adipocytes, osteoblasts, myocardial cells, and neural cells, and we were able to detect characteristic CD44, CD29, CD73, and CD71 cell surface markers. Our results suggest that UCMSCs/UCMPCs isolated from chickens possess similar biological characteristics to those from other species. Their multi-lineage differentiation capabilities herald a probable application for cellular transplant therapy in tissue engineering.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of China for Transgenic Research Program (2011ZX08009-003-006, 2011ZX08012-002-06), the central level, scientific research institutes for R & D special fund business (2011cj-9, 2012zl072), and the project of National Infrastructure of Animal Germplasm Resources (2012 year).

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  1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China

    Chunyu Bai, Xiangcheng Li, Weijun Guan & Yuehui Ma

  2. College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China

    Chunyu Bai & Minghai Zhang

  3. College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

    Lingling Hou

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Bai, C., Li, X., Hou, L. et al. Biological characterization of chicken mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells from umbilical cord Wharton’s Jelly. Mol Cell Biochem 376, 95–102 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-012-1553-y

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