Isolation methods influence the biological properties of Wharton’s Jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells: A comparative study of yield, viability, proliferation, differentiation potential, and proteomic profiles

• Jens Long Nguyen ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ Equal contribution and shared first authorship

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

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• Samih Mohamed-Ahmed ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ Equal contribution and shared first authorship

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

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• Ragda Saleem,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

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• Kamal Mustafa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-2856

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• Niyaz Al-Sharabi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Equal contribution and shared senior authorship

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-5995

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• Mariann Haavik Lysfjord Bentsen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mariann.haavik.lysfjord.bentsen@helse-bergen.no

  ¶‡ Equal contribution and shared senior authorship

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-5198

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