Research Article

Comparison of the Biological Characteristics of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Bone Marrow and Skin

Table 1

Culture times for MSCs isolated from bone marrow and skin (mean ± SD, days).

GroupTime of primary cultureTime of passage 1

BMMSCs16.35 ± 4.3812.25 ± 4.49
SMSCs28.85 ± 5.523.85 ± 1.09
value−7.9358.124
value<0.001<0.001

BMMSC: bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell; SMSC: skin-derived mesenchymal stem cell.