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. 2008 Jan 16;41(1):36–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2007.00507.x

Table 3.

Influence of BM‐MSCs culture characteristics on hepatic markers expression

BM samples
1 2 3 4 5 6
BM data BM donor age 21 years 47 years 8 years 34 years 54 years 28 years
Passage P1 P2 P1 P3 P3 P2
Growth 34 PD 23 PD 31 PD 28 PD 29 PD 26 PD
RT‐PCR markers Albumin + + + ND
αFP + + + + +
CK‐8 + + ND
CK‐18 ND
α1‐AT + + + ND
G6Pase ND + +
CYP 3A4 ND
CYP 2B6 ND
TAT + + + ND
TDO ND + + ND
HNF4 ND
c‐Met ND + +
PEPCK + ND +
ICC markers Albumin + + + +
αFP + + +
DPPIV + + + + + +
CK8
CK18
HepPar‐1
Connexin‐32 + ND ND + + +
E‐cadherin ND + + ND + ND

α1‐AT, α1‐antitrypsin; αFP, α‐foetoprotein; BM, bone marrow; CK, cytokeratin; CYP, cytochrome P450; DPPIV, dipeptidylpeptidase IV; G6Pase, glucose‐6‐phosphatase; HNF4, hepatic nuclear factor 4; ICC, immunocytochemistry; ND, not determined; P, passage; PD, population doublings; PEPCK, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; TAT, tyrosine aminotransferase; TDO, tryptophan‐2,3‐dioxygenase.