Table 2.
RT-PCR analysis of human connexin mRNA expression in progenitor stem cells.
| Human cord blood | Human bone marrow | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cxs | CD34+ (93%) | CD14+ (95%) | CD15+ (92%) | CD34+ cultured for 10 days | CD34+ (86%) | CD14+ (80%) | CD15+ (98%) |
| Cx25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx26 | - | + | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx30.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx30.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx31.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx31.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx37 | + | + | - | - | + | - | - |
| Cx40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx40.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx43 | + | + | - | + | + | - | - |
| Cx45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cx62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N-Cad | + | - | - | - | + | - | - |
Note. Numbers in parentheses indicate purity of subpopulation analyzed.