FIGURE 3.
Immunofluorescence for CK18 and AFP expression in fetal liver and amniotic fluid stem cells. Panel (A) shows positive CK18 expression in cells cultured from a control fetal sheep liver but no expression in amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells (AFMSCs) or transduced cells (GFP-AFMSCs) before injection. An uninjected sheep fetus of comparable gestational age was used as the control. Panel (B) shows co-expression of GFP with expression of Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) another liver specific marker in the fetal liver after transplantation of transduced AFMSCs. Scale bars: 20 µm.