Table 2.

Migration of human adult bone marrow stem cells in gender-mismatched bone marrow transplantation patients

Donor male cells in female recipient	Frequency	Ref.
Osteoblasts	2%	77
Hepatocytes	2%	78
Colon mucosal epithelial cells	13%	79
Hepatocytes, gut and skin epithelia	7%	80*
Buccal epithelial cells	-	81
Purkinje cells	-	82
Myocardial cells	10%	83,84
Cerebral (neural) cells	-	85

^*Stem cells mobilized with granulocyte colony stimulating factor