Table 3.

Differentiation potential of perinatal mesenchymal stromal cells

Mesoderm		Endoderm		Ectoderm
Bone	[74,75,105-109]	Skin, skin epithelium	[110]	Lung, respiratory epithelium	[111,112]
Cartilage	[76,113,114]	Nerve, neuronal, glial	[64,115-124]	Liver, hepatocytes	[125-128]
Adipose tissue	[48,49,51,129]			Islets, beta cells	[130,131]
Skeletal muscle	[54,132-136]
Cardiac muscle	[77,137-142]
Vessels, Endothelium	[116,129,143-145]
Stromal support	[79,81,82,146,147]
Immune regulation	[83,148-151]

Some refrences-if highly interesting or comparing mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from different tissues- refer to in vitro data. This list can by no means be regarded as comprehensive. It shall just give an overview on the broad (pre)clinical potential of MSCs.