Human predecidual stromal cells are mesenchymal stromal/stem cells and have a therapeutic effect in an immune-based mouse model of recurrent spontaneous abortion

Table 4 Comparison of preDSCs and MSCs

Characteristics	PreDSCs	MSCs	References
Antigen phenotype	Table 1	Table 1	[5, 19, 36]
ISCT minimal criteria	+	+	[19, 37]
Decidualization	PRL (mRNA+, protein+)	PRL (mRNA+, protein−)	[5]
Mesenchymal differentiation	+	+	This work, [37]
Cell contractility	+	+	[19, 29]
Stem cell markers	+	+	This work,[43]
Clonogenicity	+	+	This work, [45]
Apoptosis resistance	+	+	[27, 30]
Hematopoietic cell supportive activity	+	+	[18, 46]
Survival in xenotransplants	+	+	This work, [47, 48]
Perivascular location	+	+	[19, 49]
In vivo and in vitro immunoregulatory activity	+	+	This work [5, 7, 23]

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