Rat full term amniotic fluid harbors highly potent stem cells》.pdf

Research in Veterinary Science 102 (2015) 89–99 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Research in Veterinary Science journal h omepage: /locate/yrvsc Rat full term amniotic fluid harbors highly potent stem cells Hoo Mun-Fun a,b, Nurfarhana Ferdaos b,1, Siti Nurusaadah Hamzah a,b, Noridzzaida Ridzuan a,c, Nurul Afiqah Hisham a,b, Syahril Abdullah a,b, Rajesh Ramasamy a,c, Pike See Cheah a,d, Karrupiah Thilakavathy a,b, Mohd Nazri Yazid b, Norshariza Nordin a,b,⁎ a Genetics and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia c Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia d Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) are commonly isolated from mid-term amniotic fluid (AF) of animals and Received 5 September 2014 human collected via an invasive technique, amniocentesis. Alternatively, AFSCs could be collected at full-term. Received in revised form 30 June 2015 However, it is unclear whether AFSCs are present in the AF at full term. Here, we aimed to isolate and characterize Accepted 13 July 2015