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Imaging in Medicine

Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells

 Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) also referred to as mesenchymal stromal cells or medicinal signaling cells are multipotent stromal cells which will differentiate into a spread of cell types, including osteoblasts (bone cells), chondrocytes (cartilage cells), myocytes (muscle cells) and adipocytes (fat cells which give rise to marrow fat Mesenchyme is embryonic connective tissue that is derived from the mesoderm and that differentiates into hematopoietic and animal tissue , whereas MSCs don't differentiate into hematopoietic cells. Stromal cells are animal tissue cells that form the supportive structure during which the functional cells of the tissue reside. While this is often an accurate description for one function of MSCs, the term fails to convey the relatively recently discovered roles of MSCs within the repair of tissue. The term encompasses multipotent cells derived from other non-marrow tissues, like placenta, duct blood, adipose tissue, adult muscle, corneal stromaor the dental pulp of deciduous (baby) teeth. The cells don't have the capacity to reconstitute a whole organ.

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