PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for isolating and growing mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cord blood (UCB).SOLUTION: A method of isolating mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) comprises: (a) collecting a sample (b) seeding the sample on an extracellular matrix (ECM)-precoated culture dish and (c) isolating the MSCs. In the method, the sample is from periosteum, trabecular bone, adipose tissue, synovium, skeletal muscle, deciduous teeth, fetal pancreas, lung, liver, amniotic fluid, umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord tissues.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】ヒト臍帯血(UCB)から間葉系幹細胞を単離して増殖させるための方法の提供。【解決手段】(a)試料を採取する工程;(b)細胞外マトリックス(ECM)プレコート培養皿上に該試料を播種する工程;および(c)間葉系幹細胞(MSC)を単離する工程を含む、MSCを単離する方法。前記試料が骨膜、海綿骨、脂肪組織、滑膜、骨格筋、乳歯、胎性の膵臓、肺、肝臓、羊水、臍帯血、および臍帯組織に由来する方法。【選択図】なし