Table 1.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

Inclusion	Exclusion
In English	Not in English
MSC or mesenchymal stem cells or mesenchymal stromal cells	Not mesenchymal stem/stromal cells e.g. not stromal vascular fraction, bone marrow aspirate, cord blood, platelet-rich plasma, bone marrow mononuclear cells, induced pluripotent stem cell-derived MSC, conditioned medium
‘Tissue-derived’ stem cells	Not human cells
Human cells	Non-clinical study
Human application (i.e. not non-clinical)	In vitro study only
Clinical application (i.e. not in vitro)	Forward-looking perspective
Research article	Reviews
MSC from any tissue source	Published pre-2010
Characterisation of the population for clinical use
Published 2010–2019