Table 1.

Interaction of mesenchymal stroma-/stem-like cells (MSC) with the tumor microenvironment (TME).

MSC Source	Mediators	References
bone marrow, cord blood	CXCR4, MMP-2	[29]
bone marrow	lysyl oxidases	[33]
human fetal bones	urokinase plasminogen activator and its receptor, IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1	[30]
bone marrow	Rac-1, Rho A, Cdc42, p125FAK focal adhesion kinase	[37,40]
bone marrow	TGF-β1	[45]
human epithelial ovarian cancers	BMP2, BMP4, BMP6	[46]