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Table 1
Lineage-specific differentiation induced by media supplementation
MediumMediaSerumSupplementation
ControlDMEMFBS (10%)1% antibiotic/antimycotic
Adipogenic (AM)DMEMFBS (10%)0.5 mM isobutyl-methylxanthine (IBMX), 1 μM dexamethasone, 10 μM insulin, 200 μM indomethacin, 1% antibiotic/antimycotic
Osteogenic (OM/VD)DMEMFBS (10%)0.01μM 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 *, 50 μM ascorbate-2-phosphate, 10 mM β-glycerophosphate, 1% antibiotic/antimycotic
Chondrogenic (CM)DMEMFBS (1%)6.25 μg/ml insulin, 10 ng/ml TGFβ1, 50 nM ascorbate-2-phosphate, 1% antibiotic/antimycotic
Myogenic (MM)DMEMFBS (10%), HS (5%)50 μM hydrocortisone, 1% antibiotic/antimycotic
Neurogenic (NM)DMEMnone5–10 mM β-mercaptoethanol
* 0.1 μM dexamethasone can be used as a replacement of 0.01 μM vitamin D. 
Mol Biol Cell. 2002 December; 13(12): 4279–4295.
doi: 10.1091/mbc.E02-02-0105.