Fig. 5: Stents coated with HGF + VEGF/U-Ms reduced the neointimal area 4 weeks after transplantation. | Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Fig. 5: Stents coated with HGF + VEGF/U-Ms reduced the neointimal area 4 weeks after transplantation.

From: Coronary stents with inducible VEGF/HGF-secreting UCB-MSCs reduced restenosis and increased re-endothelialization in a swine model

Fig. 5

a OCT results showing the neointima degree in the lumens of the coronary arteries 4 weeks after transplantation. b The neointima degree was analyzed in mm2 and the % of the neointima area (*; p-value of 0.019 and 0.040, **; p-value of 0.018 and 0.017). c Representative microCT images of the stents 4 weeks after transplantation. d Image of fibrin staining showing the fibrotic area with a cross-section of the transplanted stents. e The stenosis degrees were assessed as the % of fibrin staining (**p-value of 0.01). f Angiography showing the blood flow in the coronary artery with the transplanted stent. BMS; N = 6, U-M; N = 6, HV/U-M; N = 5

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