Overexpression of GATA binding protein 4 and myocyte enhancer factor 2C induces differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into cardiac-like cells

Figure 1 Isolation and morphology of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. A-D: A stepwise method of isolation and proliferation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs), which show a spindle-shaped fibroblast-like cell morphology under the phase contrast microscope at P0 and P1. All images were captured under a phase contrast microscope (scale bar: 100 μm).