Marrow stromal cells The existence of nonhematopoietic cells in bone marrow was first suggested by Cohnheim about 130 years ago [16]. To date, marrow stromal cells have been shown to differentiate into osteoblasts [17], chondrocytes [18], skeletal myocytes, adipocytes, and cardiomyocytes [19] in vitro, and thus are a useful cell source for regenerative medicine [20, 21]. Recent studies suggest that bone marrow stromal cells can also differentiate into a neuronal lineage [14], and murine bone marrow derived multipotent adult progenitor cell differentiate into dopaminergic neuronal cells [22].

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