mesenchymal stem cell

multipotent, non-hematopoietic adult stem cells present in multiple tissues

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
cell type
Subclass of
stem cell, stromal cell, mesenchymal cell
Discoverer or inventor
Alexander Friedenstein[5]
Named after
mesenchyme[6]
Named by
Arnold Caplan[8]
Said to be the same as
mesenchymal progenitor cell[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en MSC en multipotent mesenchymal stem/stromal cell en multipotent stromal cells en multipotent stromal cell en mesenchymal stem cell en mesenchymal stem cells en mesenchymal stromal cell en mesenchymal stromal cells ar خليه جذعيه متعلقه باللحمه المتوسطه ar خلية جذعية متعلقة باللحمة المتوسطة cs Mezenchymální kmenová buňka de Mesenchymale Stammzelle es Celula madre mesenquimatosa es Célula madre mesenquimatosa fa سلول‌های بنیادی مزانشیمی fi mesenkymaalinen kantasolu fr cellule mésenchymateuse fr cellules mésenchymateuses id Sel punca mesenkimal id Sel induk mesenkimal
🔖 Identifiers · 16
OpenAlex ID
C198826908
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mesenchymal Stem Cell.jpg ↗
Cell Ontology ID
CL_0000134
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
223566
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/mesenchymal-stem-cell
Experimental Factor Ontology ID
0000586
Freebase ID
/m/05fn7_
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mesenchymal-stem-cells
MeSH descriptor ID
D059630
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
198826908
NL CR AUT ID
ph867772
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National Library of Latvia ID
000306238
Terminologia Histologica
H2.00.01.0.00008
UMLS CUI
C1257975
YSO ID
39349

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Summary

mesenchymal stem cell is a cell type[1]. It is a type of stem cell[2], stromal cell[3], and mesenchymal cell[4].

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  1. 21d ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → mesenchymal progenitor cell
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'k
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: mesenchymal progenitor cell"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → stem cell, stromal cell, mesenchymal cell
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → cell type
    Named after → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ YSO ID: 39349, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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