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Table 1 Different nomenclature of human synovium-derived cells

From: Nomenclature clarification: synovial fibroblasts and synovial mesenchymal stem cells

Nomenclature used

Tissue samples

Cell morphology

Markers

Differentiation potential

Ref.

Cell type B

Human

NA

NA

NA

[2]

Type B synovial cell

Human

NA

NA

NA

[3]

SM-derived MSCs

Human

Fibroblast-like

+: Vimentin/VCAM1/CD44

−: CD14-

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/myogenesis/adipogenesis

[6]

SM-derived MSCs

Human

NA

+: CD44/CD90/CD105/CD166

−: CD14/CD34/CD45/HLA-DR

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis

[9]

Synovial fibroblasts

Human

Fibroblast-like

NA

NA

[15,16,17,18,19]

Fibroblast-like synovial intimal cell/synoviocyte

Human

Fibroblast-like

+: UDPGD

−: CD68/CD22/CD3

NA

[20]

SM-derived MSCs

Human

NA

+: CD44/CD73/CD90/CD105

−: CD14/CD34/CD45

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis

[21]

Fibroblast-like synoviocytes

Human

NA

+: VCAM1

NA

[22]

Fibroblast-like cells

Human

Fibroblast-like

+: LBs/SP-A

NA

[23]

Synovial MSCs

Human

NA

+: CD73/CD105/CD90/CD44/CD151/CD166

−: CD45/CD31

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis

[24]

Synovial MSCs

Human

Fibroblastic spindle shape

+: CD105/CD90/CD44

Chondrogenesis/osteogenesis/adipogenesis

[25]

Fibroblast-like synoviocyte

Review

NA

NA

NA

[26,27,28]

  1. MSCs mesenchymal stem cells, VCAM1 vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, UDPGD uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase, LBs lamellar bodies, SP-A surface protein A, NA not applicable