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. 2020 Feb 28;11:65. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00065

Table 7.

Variability of in vitro murine bone marrow stromal cell adipogenic differentiation protocols.

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Maintenance
Medium DMEM:F12 α-MEM RPMI α-MEM α-MEM or DMEM 60% DMEM low Glc: 40%MCDB
Serum 20% FBS 10% FBS 10% FBS 10% FBS 20% or 10% FBS 2% FBS
Other 0.1 mM NEAA 200 μM NEAA ITS, linoleic acid, dexa, AA, EGF,
LIF, PDGFBB, bFGF
Adipogenic
Medium DMEM:F12 α-MEM DMEM α-MEM α-MEM or DMEM 60% DMEM low Glc: 40%MCDB
Serum 20% FBS 10% FBS 9% horse serum 10% FBS 20% or 10% FBS 2% FBS
Other 200 μM NEAA
IBMX (μM) 500 500 450 0.5 500 0.5
Dexa or Hydrocortisone (μM) 1 0.5 0.25 1 1 1
Indomethacin (μM) 100 60 50
Insulin (μg/ml) 5 5 0.01 10 10 10 5 5
Rosiglitazone (μM) 1 1 1
T3 (nM) 1 1
Differentiation time 2 weeks 3 weeks 12 days 2 weeks 2–4 days 3–4 days 4 days 48 h 5 days

NEAA, non-essential amino acids; dexa, dexamethasone; ITS, insulin-transferrin-selenium mix; AA, L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate; EGF, epidermal growth factor; LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor; PDGFBB, platelet-derived growth factor BB; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; FBS, fetal bovine serum.