Capacity of mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into osteoblasts may be decreased

Physiological

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Period at which this change occurs is not accurately known

Tissue

  • mesenchymal stem cell Changes

References

  • Zhou et al. (2008) "Age-related intrinsic changes in human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and their differentiation to osteoblasts." Aging Cell 7(3):335-343 (PubMed)
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Description

When isolated mesenchymal stem cells were cultured in a osteoblast differentiation medium, differentiation was found to be decreased in cells isolated from older vs. younger subjects as assessed via alkaline phosphatase activity and semi-quantitative RT-PCR for osteoblast markers. However, there was a small subject size (7 older, 55 years; 3 younger, under age 50).