Assertion: embryo's cell | /r/HasProperty | derived
Facets:
value: themselves
type: MANNER
value: from the meristem
type: OTHER
value: from umbilical cord blood
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The higher rates of autoimmune diseases due to the presence of maternally-derived cells is why in a 2010 study of a 40-year-old man with scleroderma-like disease (an autoimmune rheumatic disease), the female cells detected in his blood stream via FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) were thought to be maternally-derived.
text: These cells were derived from umbilical cord blood, and according to the researchers, their ability to differentiate was greater than that of adult stem cells.
text: In contrast, the root apical meristem is not involved in organogenesis; lateral roots are initiated by pericycle cells, which are themselves derived from the meristem, usually several centimeters away from the meristem.