The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies specifically
binding to a membrane antigen of human mesenchymal stem cells, hybridoma
cell lines producing the same, and methods for identifying or isolating
human mesenchymal stem cells using the same. The monoclonal antibodies of
this invention exhibit excellent specificity to human mesenchymal stem
cells, inter alia, bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells, so
that it allows for the identification and isolation of human mesenchymal
stem cells with much higher specificity.