Figure 3.
Survival motor neuron (SMN) mRNA expression in umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) and fibroblasts (FBs) at steady state. Relative expression of total-SMN (A), FL-SMN (B), and Δ7-SMN (C) mRNA in UC-MSC-Control, UC-MSC-spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), FB-Control, and FB-SMA was analyzed by RT-qPCR and FL/Δ7-SMN ratio (D) was calculated. The expression in UC-MSC-Control and FB-Control was defined as 1. The results were expressed as the mean ± SD.