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To analyze the MSCs biomarkers, the cells were first cultured on slides coated with 1% gelatin. The next day, the cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde for 20 min at room temperature 27 °C. Fixed cells were washed twice with phosphate buffer saline (PBS) and blocked with 1% bovine serum albumin (Sigma) for 1 h at 27 °C. The cells were incubated with primary antibodies CD105 (Abcam, San Francisco, CA, USA), CD90 (Abcam), CD73 (Abcam), paxillin (Transduction Laboratories, San Jose, CA, USA), and focal adhesion kinase (FAK; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA) overnight at 4 °C. Secondary antibody (IgG(H+L)TRITC purchased from Jackson Immuno Research, West Grove, PA, USA was further incubated with the cells for 1 h at 27 °C. The cells on the slides were scanned using the TissueGnostics GmbH FACS‐like Tissue Cytometry (TissueFAXS Plus) imaging system (TissueGnostics, Vienna, Austria). Images were taken for each fluorescence channel with the field of view (FOV), and the percentage of positive cells were analyzed using the TissueQuest (analysis module for immunofluorescence staining) software based on the images taken.

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sections from primary MCC tumours were purchased from Origene and analysed as previously described [32 (link)]. Primary antibodies were: FITC-conjugated anti-CK20 (Dako, dilution 1:50), MCPyV LT CM2B4 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, dilution 1:125) and ADAM 10 and 17 (Abcam, dilution 1:250). An isotype-matched irrelevant antibody was used as a negative control on sections of tissues in parallel, a rabbit polyclonal isotype control antibody (Abcam) was used to match the ADAM 10 primary antibody. Sections were incubated with appropriate secondary antibodies labelled with different fluorochromes (Alexa Fluor 546 IgG2B, 643 IgG2A, Invitrogen, and IgG (H+L)-TRITC, Jackson ImmunoResearch). All slides were mounted with Immuno-Mount and images were captured with a Zeiss LSM880 confocal laser scanning microscope.