Hindawi Publishing Corporation Stem Cells International Volume 2016, Article ID 5184601, 18 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5184601 Research Article Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Mesenchymal Stem/Multipotent Stromal Cells from Decidua Basalis of Human Term Placenta F. M. Abomaray,1,2,3 M. A. Al Jumah,1 K. O. Alsaad,4 D. Jawdat,1 A. Al Khaldi,5 A. S. AlAskar,1 S. Al Harthy,6 A. M. Al Subayyil,1 T. Khatlani,1 A. O. Alawad,6 A. Alkushi,4,7 B. Kalionis,8 and M. H. Abumaree1,7 1 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Mail Code 1515, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia 2Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden 3Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden 4King Abdulaziz Medical City, Department of Pathology, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia 5King Abdulaziz Medical City, Division of Cardiac Surgery, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 6National Center for Stem Cell Technology, Life Sciences and Environment Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia 7College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Mail Code 3124, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia 8Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne and Department of Perinatal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia Correspondence should be addressed to M. H. Abumaree;
[email protected] Received 5 November 2015; Revised 14 December 2015; Accepted 5 January 2016 Academic Editor: Albert Rizvanov Copyright © 2016 F.