Figure 1. Human bone marrow-derived cells and their differentiation to the adipocyte lineage.
A) Phase contrast image of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells grown for 12 days in growth medium. B) Phase contrast images of parallel cultures grown in adipogenic medium for 12 days. MSC-derived adipocyte cultures show a heterogenous mixture of cell morphologies including lipid-laden cells (black arrows) and non-lipid laden cells (white arrows).