Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Possible Culprits in Solid Tumors?

Table 5

Studies in which MSCs have been implicated as cell of origin for specific tumors or have been shown to display protumorigenic or antitumorigenic effects.

MSCs as possible cell of origin	Tumor propagating effects of MSCs	Tumor inhibiting effects of MSCs
Ewing sarcoma [79]	Breast cancer [35]	Hepatoma [79]
Osteosarcoma [80]	Ovarian cancer [80]	Kaposi’s sarcoma [81]
Leiomyosarcoma [80]	Head and neck squamous cancer [82]	Glioblastoma [58]
Synovial sarcoma [83]	Colon cancer [84]	Pancreatic carcinoma [50]
	Osteosarcoma [85]	Glioblastoma [86]
	Melanoma [87]
	Hepatocellular carcinoma [88]
	Glioblastoma [58]