title: Isolation of amniotic stem cell lines with potential for therapy.
abstract: Stem cells capable of differentiating to multiple lineages may be valuable for therapy. We report the isolation of human and rodent amniotic fluid-derived stem (AFS) cells that express embryonic and adult stem cell markers. Undifferentiated AFS cells expand extensively without feeders, double in 36 h and are not tumorigenic. Lines maintained for over 250 population doublings retained long telomeres and a normal karyotype. AFS cells are broadly multipotent. Clonal human lines verified by retroviral marking were induced to differentiate into cell types representing each embryonic germ layer, including cells of adipogenic, osteogenic, myogenic, endothelial, neuronal and hepatic lineages. Examples of differentiated cells derived from human AFS cells and displaying specialized functions include neuronal lineage cells secreting the neurotransmitter L-glutamate or expressing G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium channels, hepatic lineage cells producing urea, and osteogenic lineage cells forming tissue-engineered bone.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1094, USA.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Coppi
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: M Minhaj
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Cesar C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perin
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mostoslavsky
authors.forename: Angéline C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Serre
authors.forename: Evan Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Furth
authors.forename: Shay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soker
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atala
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000032:analysis; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit