Umbilical cord fibroblasts: Could they be considered as mesenchymal stem cells?

• 作者: Mustapha Zeddou Biserka Relic Michel G Malaise
• 来源期刊: 世界干细胞杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: MESENCHYMAL stem cells Cord matrix Bone MARROW Differentiation IMMUNOPHENOTYPE
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（3）
• 页码范围: 367-370
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R329.2

摘要

In cell therapy protocols, many tissues were proposed as a source of mesenchymal stem cells(MSC) isolation. So far, bone marrow(BM) has been presented as the main source of MSC despite the invasive isolation pro-cedure related to this source. During the last years, the umbilical cord(UC) matrix was cited in different studies as a reliable source from which long term ex vivo prolif-erating fibroblasts were isolated but with contradictory data about their immunophenotype, gene expression profile, and differentiation potential. Hence, an inter-esting question emerged: Are cells isolated from cord matrix(UC-MSC) different from other MSCs? In this re-view, we will summarize different studies that isolated and characterized UC-MSC. Considering BM-MSC as gold standard, we will discuss if UC-MSC fulfill different criteria that define MSC, and what remain to be done in this issue.