Fig. 1

Measurement of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression in mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) after HGF gene knockdown. a Evaluation of HGF mRNA expression in the MSC, MSC-GFP, and MSC-ShHGF groups. b Detection of HGF protein levels in the culture medium of the MSC, MSC-GFP, and MSC-ShHGF groups. c Image for quantification of HGF protein expression in the MSC, MSC-GFP, and MSC-ShHGF groups by Western blotting analysis. d The quantitative results for Western blotting analysis. n = 3. & p < 0.05 vs. the MSC group; # p < 0.05 vs. the MSC-GFP group. GFP green fluorescent protein, ShHGF hepatocyte growth factor gene knockdown