Table 1.
Criteria for cell source selection in tissue engineering.
| Factor | Mature cells | ADSCs | BMSCs | ESCs† | UCMSCs | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highly available deciduous tissue source | X | [122] | ||||
| Politically noncontroversial | X | X | X | X | [48] | |
| Easy to obtain and to use | X | X | X | X | [134] | |
| No donor site morbidity | X | X | [134] | |||
| Multiple passaging | X | X | [33,36] | |||
| Multipotent | X | X | X | X | [36,65,135] | |
| Low immunogenicity | X | X | X | X | [33,42,43, 53,123] |
†
Includes embryonic germ cells.
ADSC: Adipose-derived stromal cell; BMSC: Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell; ESC: Embryonic stem cell; Mature: Fully differentiated cells from their host tissue; UCMSC: Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cell.