Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Human bone marrow stromal cells cultured using the mesencult acf culture kit maintain multi lineage differentiation potential.

Human bone marrow stromal cells.

Adult bone marrow also contains stromal stem cells which contribute to the regeneration of several tissues such as bone cartilage muscle ligament tendon adipose tissue and marrow stroma 9 human bmscs have been identified and characterized and it has been shown that they support hematopoietic progenitors and secrete a number of. Human bone marrow stromal cells derived in acf medium catalog 70071 using the mesencult acf culture kit catalog 05449 differentiate to a adipocytes oil red o staining b chondrocytes alcian blue and nuclear fast red staining and c. Bone marrow stromal cells bmscs contains a subset of skeletal stem cells sscs that are multipotent capable of forming cartilage bone hematopoiesis supportive stroma and marrow adipocytes. Bone marrow is a semi solid tissue found within the spongy or cancellous portions of bones.

The most common stromal cells include fibroblasts and pericytes the term stromal comes from latin stromat bed covering and ancient greek στρῶμα. Sscs have been identified as pericytes cells on the abluminal side of marrow sinusoids and have demonstrated the ability to self renew. Stromal cells are connective tissue cells of any organ for example in the uterine mucosa endometrium prostate bone marrow lymph node and the ovary they are cells that support the function of the parenchymal cells of that organ. In birds and mammals bone marrow is the primary site of new blood cell production or haematopoiesis.