Perivascular location |
Capillaries and microvessels |
Large vessels |
Human tissue origin |
Adult, foetal and embryonic skeletal muscle and pancreas, adult WAT, foetal skin, small intestine, brain, foetal and embryonic BM, term and mid-term placenta |
Adult WAT, foetal skeletal muscle, lung and BM |
FACS selection |
CD146+CD34-CD56-CD45- |
CD34+CD31-CD146-CD45- |
Markers in vitro
|
CD146, NG2, PDGFRβ, αSMA, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, ALP, nestin, vimentin |
CD34, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, vimentin |
Markers in vivo
|
CD146, NG2, PDGFRβ, α SMA, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, ALP |
CD34, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44 |
Documented differentiation potential |
Osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic, myogenic |
Osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic, pericytic |