Background Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are adult stem cells present in bone marrow (BM), fat and in many other tissues. MSC have strong immunosuppressive qualities in vitro. The immunosuppression seems to work both by paracrine action and cell-cell contact. MSC inhibit NKcells, B-cells, dendritic cells, Th1-cells and activate regulatory T-cells. The presence of floating single MSC in human syn...