Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of human cardiovascular progenitor cells flown aboard the International Space Station

Adult and neonatal human cardiovacular progenitor cell clonal populations were flown aboard the ISS for 12 days prior to fixation in RNAprotect. Gene expression analysis was performed against clone-, patient-, and passage-matched ground control samples. qPCR gene expression profiling. Human CPCs from three neonates and three adults were individually cultured on the ground or aboard the ISS.