Enrichment and Characterization of Two Subgroups of Committed Osteogenic Cells in the Mouse Endosteal Bone Marrow with Expression Levels of CD24

Ching-Fang Chang^1,2, Ke-Hsun Hsu^1,2, Chia-Ning Shen^1,2,3, Chung-Leung Li^2,3* and Jean Lu^1,2*

¹Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

²Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

³Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

^*Corresponding Author(s): Chung-Leung Li, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Email: Jean Lu, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec2, IBMS, N401F, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan Exn. 601, Fax: 886-2-2789-9587 Email: