Figure 1

The effect of UC-MSCs on monocyte differentiation.
After a 5-day incubation, monocytes were collected and analyzed by FACS. The CD14, CD1a, and CD83 expression in monocytes cultured alone (Control) or cocultured with UC-MSCs in direct cell-cell contact (+MSC) or in a transwell co-culture system (+MSC (transwell)) were tested (A,B). (A) One representative experiment of three is shown. (B) The data are shown as the means ± SEMs of three different healthy persons. After a 7-day incubation, monocytes were collected and analyzed by FACS, and the CD83, CD80, HLA-DR, and CD86 expression in monocytes cultured alone (Control) or cocultured with UC-MSCs in direct cell-cell contact (+MSC) or in a transwell co-culture system (+MSC (transwell)) were tested (C). The data are shown as the means ± SEMs of three different healthy persons.