Table 2. Summary of the characteristics of brain-derived FbCs compared to the human lung-derived fibroblast cells.

Cell Lineage	Markers	Human Brain FbCs	Human Lung Fibroblasts
MSCs	Thy1/CD90	−	+++
	5′-Nucleotidase/CD73	+	+++
Pericytes/Blood vessels	PDGFRβ/CD140β	++	++
	α-SMA	+++	++
	Nestin	++	++
Fibroblasts	Prolyl-4-hydroxylase α/β	+++	+++
	S100A4	+++	+
	Vimentin	++	++
	Fibronectin	+++	+++

Arbitrary scale based on a combined observation of ICC, western blot and q-RT-PCR data.

−  =  not detected, +  =  small, ++  =  medium, +++  =  high expression.