Figure 1.

Representative RT‐PCR gene expression profiles of cultured BMDCs. Two weeks after supplemented with SDF‐1, either adherent primary murine (a) or 5th‐passage human (b) BMDCs, expressed cardiac–specific mRNAs encoding NKX2.5, β‐MHC and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). Four samples were tested for the target mRNA, and three RT‐PCRs were separately performed for each sample. Murine ventricle and human atrial cells were used as positive controls (control (P)) and phosphate‐buffered saline as negative control (control (N)).