To observe morphology, adherent cells were stained with Wright’s stain and imaged with a JEOL-1200EX transmission electron microscope, and images were recorded with a MORADA-G2 camera.
To detect typical surface markers of huMSCs, FACS was performed using the following phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated, fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated, percp-Cy5.5-conjugated or allophycocyanin (APC)-conjugated mouse antihuman monoclonal antibodies: PE-CD29, PE-CD31, PE-CD34, FITC-CD44, PE-CD45, PE-CD73, PerCp-Cy5.5-CD90, PE-CD105, PE-CD271, APC-CD133, PE-HLA-DR and PE-HLA-ABC (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). HuMSCs were collected in 100 µl of PBS. Every tube contained 1 × 105 cells, and antibodies were added. After incubation at room temperature for 20 min, the cells were examined with a Guava easyCyte HT flow cytometer (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). The results were analysed with guavaSoft 3.1.1 software; n = 5.