Figure 4From: Preconditioning diabetic mesenchymal stem cells with myogenic medium increases their ability to repair diabetic heartIncreased homing and paracrine signaling of preconditioned dmMSCs. (A, B) Increased homing of preconditioned dmMSCs compared with nontreated MSCs along with corresponding quantification in (C); Scale bar about 20 μm. (D) Gene-expression analysis of paracrine factors in all animal groups by using quantitative real-time PCR. (E) Gene-expression analysis in hearts from all animal groups. (F) Gel quantification using image J. Group II versus group III, *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001; group II versus group IV, #P < 0.05; ##P < 0.01; and ###P < 0.001; group III versus group IV, φP < 0.05; φφP < 0.01; and φφφP < 0.001.Back to article page