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. 2019 Aug 19;10:260. doi: 10.1186/s13287-019-1359-x

Table 1.

Different nomenclature of human synovium-derived cells

Nomenclature used Tissue samples Cell morphology Markers Differentiation potential Ref.
Cell type B Human NA NA NA [2]
Type B synovial cell Human NA NA NA [3]
SM-derived MSCs Human Fibroblast-like

+: Vimentin/VCAM1/CD44

−: CD14-

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/myogenesis/adipogenesis [6]
SM-derived MSCs Human NA

+: CD44/CD90/CD105/CD166

−: CD14/CD34/CD45/HLA-DR

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis [9]
Synovial fibroblasts Human Fibroblast-like NA NA [1519]
Fibroblast-like synovial intimal cell/synoviocyte Human Fibroblast-like

+: UDPGD

−: CD68/CD22/CD3

NA [20]
SM-derived MSCs Human NA

+: CD44/CD73/CD90/CD105

−: CD14/CD34/CD45

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis [21]
Fibroblast-like synoviocytes Human NA +: VCAM1 NA [22]
Fibroblast-like cells Human Fibroblast-like +: LBs/SP-A NA [23]
Synovial MSCs Human NA

+: CD73/CD105/CD90/CD44/CD151/CD166

−: CD45/CD31

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis [24]
Synovial MSCs Human Fibroblastic spindle shape +: CD105/CD90/CD44 Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis [25]
Fibroblast-like synoviocyte Review NA NA NA [2628]

MSCs mesenchymal stem cells, VCAM1 vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, UDPGD uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase, LBs lamellar bodies, SP-A surface protein A, NA not applicable