title: Prospective full-term-derived pluripotent amniotic fluid stem (AFS) cells.
abstract: Amniotic fluid (AF) serves as an excellent alternative source of pluripotent stem cells, as they are not bound with ethical issues and the stem cells are more primitive than adult stem (AS) cells. Hence, they have higher potential. Here we aim to isolate and characterize pluripotent stem cells from mid-term and full-term pregnant rat amniotic fluid. The results demonstrate the evidence of heterogeneous population of cells in the amniotic fluid and some of the cells morphology shows similarity with ES cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra, Malaysia.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferdaos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nathan
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nordin
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors