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SUBMITTER: Li H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4264066 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Hongzhe H Ghazanfari Roshanak R Zacharaki Dimitra D Ditzel Nicholas N Isern Joan J Ekblom Marja M Méndez-Ferrer Simón S Kassem Moustapha M Scheding Stefan S
Stem cell reports 20141030 6
Human bone marrow (BM) contains a rare population of nonhematopoietic mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which are of central importance for the hematopoietic microenvironment. However, the precise phenotypic definition of these cells in adult BM has not yet been reported. In this study, we show that low/negative expression of CD140a (PDGFR-α) on lin(-)/CD45(-)/CD271(+) BM cells identified a cell population with very high MSC activity, measured as fibroblastic colony-forming unit frequency and ty ...[more]