Research Article

The Effect of Culture on Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Focus on DNA Methylation Profiles

Table 4

DNA methylation status of stemness-related genes in hBM-MSCs: pool of early passages versus pool of late passages.

CategoryGenesCytobandGene regionMethylation status
EarlyLate

Stemness MarkersFGF2 (bFGF)4q26Inside
LIF22q12.2Inside
SOX23q26.3Inside
Downstream
TERT5p15.33Promoter
Inside
WNT3A 1q42Inside
ZFP424q35.2Promoter

MSC-Specific MarkersALCAM3q13.1Inside
ANPEP15q25Promoter
BMP220p12Inside
CASP34q34Inside
CD4411p13Inside
ENG9q34.11Inside
ERBB2 (HER2)17q12Inside
FUT411q21Inside
FZD97q11.23Promoter
Inside
ITGA62q31.1Inside
ITGAV2q31-q32Inside
KDR4q11-q12Promoter
MCAM11q23.3Promoter
Inside
NGFR17q21-q22Inside
NT5E6q14-q21Inside
PDGFRB5q33.1Inside
PROM14p15.32Promoter
THY111q23.3Promoter
Inside

Other Genes Associated with MSCsANXA54q27Promoter
BDNF11p13Promoter
Inside
BMP720q13Promoter
Inside
COL1A117q21.33Promoter
CTNNB13p21Inside
FUT119q13.3Inside
GTF3A13q12.3-q13.1Inside
ICAM119p13.3-p13.2Inside
ITGB110p11.2Promoter
KITLG12q22Promoter
MMP216q13-q21Inside
NES1q23.1Promoter
NUDT64q26Inside
PIGS17p13.2Promoter
SLC17A56q13Promoter
VEGFA6p12Inside
VIM10p13Inside
VWF12p13.3Inside

Red: the DNA methylated status prevails over the unmethylated one; green: the DNA unmethylated status prevails over the methylated one; red/green: balance between the two states.