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Primary Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells: Isolation and Manipulation

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Stem Cell Niche

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1035))

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Marrow stromal cells (MSCs) are relatively rare cells difficult to visualize in marrow biopsies or detect in aspirated marrow. Under specific conditions MSC can be expanded in vitro and the population can give rise to several mesenchymal lineages. “MSC” also refers to mesenchymal stem cells which implies that all cells in the population are multipotent. It is generally agreed that while there may be a few multipotent stem cells in an MSC population the majority are not stem cells. In either case MSCs do not produce hematopoietic cells. Although MSCs have been isolated and characterized from several tissues, bone marrow is their most common source for research and clinical use. Primary MSC populations can be derived from bone marrow mononuclear cells with relative ease, but it is important to recognize the cellular heterogeneity within a culture and how this may vary from donor to donor. In this chapter, we describe methodology to derive primary MSCs from bone marrow screens, an otherwise discarded by-product of bone marrow harvests used for clinical transplantation. We also describe some useful techniques to characterize and manipulate MSCs—both primary and immortalized cell lines.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by NIH grants DK073701, DK082757, HL104070, DK082783, HL099993, and DK056465, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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  1. Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Aravind Ramakrishnan & Beverly Torok-Storb

  2. Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

    Manoj M. Pillai

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Ramakrishnan, A., Torok-Storb, B., Pillai, M.M. (2013). Primary Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells: Isolation and Manipulation. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Stem Cell Niche. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1035. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-508-8_8

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