Table 3 Mouse skeletal stem cells labeled by immunophenotypic markers

From: Insights into skeletal stem cells

Surface markers

Location

Features

References

PDGFRα+Sca1+

Perivascular

Bone and adipose formation, hematopoiesis-supportive

65

CD45Ter119Tie2AlphaV+Thy6C3CD105CD200+

Femoral growth plate (mSSCs can be isolated from ribs and sternum as well)

Bone, cartilage, and stroma formation (but not adipose tissue); hematopoiesis-supportive; fracture repair

38

CD45CD31Sca1+CD24+

Perivascular

PDGFRα+; bone, cartilage, and adipocytes formation; hematopoiesis-supportive

72

CD45Ter119CD31CD166CD146Sca1+

Mainly on the endosteal surface of trabecular bone in epiphysis

Bone and stroma formation, hematopoiesis-supportive

74