“…These MSCs were cultured in long-term marrow culture medium according to our previously described method [26]. Briefly, 4 -5 ϫ 10 7 MSCs per mouse were collected and cultured using a long-term marrow culture medium consisting of 12.5% fetal bovine serum, 12.5% horse serum, 1% antibiotic-antimycotic solution, 1% glutamine, 1% vitamin solution, 0.8% essential amino acid, 0.4% nonessential amino acid, 1% sodium pyruvate, 1% sodium bicarbonate solution, 0.036% hydrocortisone (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, http://www.sigmaaldrich.…”