Figure 6.
Trilineage differentiation of vBA-MSCs and MSCs isolated from DD VB BM and BM aspirated from the iliac crests of living donors. Cells were cultured and induced to undergo differentiation for each cell type as described in Figure 2. There were no qualitative differences in adipogenic, chondrogenic or osteogenic potential of passage 3 cells from any of the 4 sources. Images are representative of experiments with the 3 different donors for each source of MSCs. Magnification is indicated on each image. DD, deceased donor.