... cardiomyocytes and osteoblasts in vitro and in vivo under controlled conditions [15,24,27]. These cells can be isolated from many kinds of tissues, including fat, skin, and even the brain [2,13,18,22]. ... shown in pellet formation and toluidine blue staining. In this study, we used cUCB-MSCs at 3∼5 passage. Generally, increasing the passage number of adult stem cells often leads to a decline in ... the bottom of the tube (Fig. 3D), and positive to toluidine blue staining (Figs. 4E and F).DiscussionIsolation and characterization of stem cells derived from various tissues and sources...