Fig. 2
From: Vitamin D machinery and metabolism in porcine adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Trilineage-differentiating capability of ADMSCs. The isolated ADMSCs were stimulated with specific differentiation media to examine their trilineage differentiation: (a) Alizarin red staining showing the presence of calcium deposition by cells, demonstrating differentiation of ADMSCs to osteogenic lineage, (b) Alcian blue staining indicating synthesis of proteoglycans by chondrocytes showing cell differentiation to chondrogenic lineage, and (c) Oil Red O staining indicating the synthesis of neutral triglycerides and lipids, showing differentiation of ADMSCs to adipocytes