Clonal Multipotency and Effect of Long-Term In Vitro Expansion on Differentiation Potential of Human Hair Follicle Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

August 2011 in “ Stem Cell Research ”

Vivek K. Bajpai, Panagiotis Mistriotis, Stelios T. Andreadis

human hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells hHF-MSCs myogenic differentiation osteogenic differentiation adipogenic differentiation chondrogenic differentiation clonal multipotency tissue engineering regenerative medicine hair follicle stem cells stem cell differentiation tissue repair cell therapy

Studysummary This study found that human hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into myogenic, osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic lineages, although this potential decreases over time and varies by lineage.

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