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Fig. 3 | Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Fig. 3

From: Primary explants of the postnatal thymus allow the expansion of clonogenic thymic epithelial cells that constitute thymospheres

Fig. 3

Cells derived from thymic explants can constitute thymospheres and present heterogeneous expression of stem cell markers. A Cells from primary explants were cultured using a hanging-drop generation system and constituted small thymospheres in 97.5% and large thymospheres in 2.5% of cases. B Different epithelial cells express the stem cell markers Sca-1, Lgr5 and CD146. C Various epithelial cells derived from explants express the integrin CD11b. B, C scale bar: 20 µm D = 100 n = 2. DIC = differential interference contrast

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Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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