Fetal cardiac mesenchymal stem cells express embryonal markers and exhibit differentiation into cells of all three germ layers

Table 1 Primers used in the present study

Gene	Primer sequence	Product size (bp)	Accession number
Osteopontin	F: TCGGAGGAGAAGGCGCATTACAGC	778	AB001382.1
	R: TCCTCATGGCTGTGAAACTCGTGG
RUNX2	F: TTCGTCAGCGTCCTATCAGTTC	149	NM_053470.2
	R: CTTCCATCAGCGTCAACACC
PPARγ2	F: TTGATTTCTCCAGCATTTC	125	NM_001145366.1
	R: GCTCTACTTTGATCGCACT
Lipoprotein Lipase	F: GGGTCGCCTGGTCGAAGT	450	L03294.1
	R: AAAGTGCCTCCATTGGGATAAA
Neurofilament-160	F: CTCGACTTCAGCCAGTCCTCTTCG	550	NM_017029.1
	R: TCTTTGCGCTCTACGGTGATGTGC
GFAP	F: AGCTGAACCAGCTTCGAGCCAAGG	508	NM_017009.2
	R: GGAAGCAACGTCTGTGAGGTCTGC
Albumin	F: TCGTGACAACTACGGTGAACTGGC	640	NM_134326.2
	R: TGTTCTGTCTCAGCGAGACACTGG
GAPDH	R: CCTCTCTCTTGCTCTCAGTAT	284	NM_017008.3
	F: GTATCCGTTGTGGATCTGACA

GFAP: Glial fibrillar acidic protein; GAPDH: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.