Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Rat Bone Marrow and the Endosteal Niche: A Comparative Study

Figure 3

Cell morphology of CB-MSCs and BM-MSCs at PD15, PD50, and PD100 visualized following staining of cytoskeletal actin with phalloidin-FITC. At later PDs, cells were predominantly observed to adopt a more elongated fibroblastic appearance, whilst at PD15, stellate cells with increased number of cellular processes were observed.