Research Article

Quantitative Assessment of Optimal Bone Marrow Site for the Isolation of Porcine Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Table 1

Colony-forming units (CFUs) among the different bone marrow sites before (BMA) and after (cBMA) concentration with the Magellan.

Bone marrow site (±SEM)CFUs/wellCFUs/mlTotal CFUs
BMAcBMABMAcBMABMAcBMA

Tibia7.4 (±2.0)22.2 (±6.3)205.7 (±62.3)1737.7 (±765.5)9433.9 (±4065.1)5213.1 (±2296.5)
Femur7.0 (±1.3)18.8 (±4.2)206.3 (±85.6)1593.6 (±555.2)11235.2 (±3451.6)4780.8 (±1665.5)
Humerus6.5 (±2.3)12.1 (±4.8)210.4 (±76.8)1129.3 (±468.9)9347.3 (±3366.3)3387.9 (±1406.6)
Sternum7.2 (±2.2)12.7 (±4.5)203.5 (±91.7)1404.0 (±641.6)6338.8 (±1988.1)4212.0 (±1924.8)
Iliac crest25.6 (±11.2)28.8 (±12.0)623.7 (±282.5)2295.6 (±849.1)12692.3 (±4981.4)6886.7 (±2547.2)