Fig. 1

Analysis of expression of cell markers in hMSCs and hematopoietic cells (bone marrow progenitors) by means of PCR. cDNA from the cell mRNA and gene-specific primers were used (an expected PCR product size in base pairs is indicated for each gene). Restrictase EarI was employed in some cases for the verification of PCR products with a single restriction site (expected sizes of both fragments are indicated also). MSCs (1–16), bone marrow progenitors (18–20): 1 CD45, 2 CD34, 3 CD14, 4 CD71, 5 CD29, 6 CD29/EarI, 7 CD44, 8 CD44/EarI, 9 CD105, 10 CD105/EarI, 11 CD73, 12 CD73/EarI, 13 CD166, 14 CD166/EarI, 15 CD90, 16 CD90/EarI, 17 50 base-pair ladder, 18 CD45, 19 CD34, 20 CD14