surface molecules.
# MSC must differentiate to osteoblasts, adipocytes and chondroblasts in vitro.

While the terms mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) and marrow stromal cell have been used interchangeably for many years, neither term is sufficiently descriptive:
* Mesenchyme is embryonic connective tissue that is derived from the mesoderm and that differentiates into hematopoietic