Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have a well recognised potential for tissue repair. This potential is two pronged: they can differentiate into the functional cell types of the damaged tissues and they can support tissue recovery by secreting trophic factors, depositing an extracellular matrix (ECM) and dampening inflammation. Three-dimensional microscopy recently shown that MSCs in the bone marrow create an intricate proteo-cellular scaffold with the ECM forming an interconnected cellular continuum whose structure is guided by the deposited ECM. This proteo-cellular scaffold controls bone marrow functions from hematopoiesis to osteogenesis. In the current study we aimed to optimise ECM production under