Mesenchymal stem cells - Sources and clinical applications

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Abstract

Although mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from different tissue sources share many characteristics and generally fulfill accepted criteria for MSC (plastic adherence, certain surface marker expression, and ability to differentiate into mesenchymal tissues), we are increasingly learning that they can be distinguished at the level of cytokine production and gene expression profiles. Their ability to differentiate into different tissues including endodermal and ectodermal lineages, also varies according to tissue origin. Importantly, MSC from fetal sources can undergo more cell divisions before they reach senescence than MSC from adult tissue such as bone marrow or adipose tissue. As we learn more about the differentiation and plasticity of MSC from different sources, health care providers in the future will use them tailored to different medical indications. Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG.

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Klingemann, H., Matzilevich, D., & Marchand, J. (2008, August). Mesenchymal stem cells - Sources and clinical applications. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1159/000142333

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