Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells on scaffolds facilitate collagen degradation via upregulation of MMP-9 in rat uterine scars

Table 1 Comparison of reproductive outcomes among different treatments at day 60 post-transplantation^a

Variable	PBS group	Scaffold group	UC-MSCs group	Scaffold/UC-MSCs group	P value
Total number of uterine horns	16	16	16	16
Pregnant uterine horns (%)	10 (62.50%)	10 (62.50%)	11 (68.75%)	15 (93.75%)	>0.05
Uterine horns with fetus implantation in scarred areas (%)	2 (12.50%)^b	1 (6.25%)^c	3 (18.75%)^d	10 (62.50%)	<0.05

PBS phosphate-buffered saline, UC-MSCs umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells
^aBonferroni correction: critical level of significance, P < 0.017
^b P < 0.017, PBS group versus scaffold/UC-MSCs group
^c P < 0.017, scaffold group versus scaffold/UC-MSCs group
^d P < 0.017, UC-MSCs group versus scaffold/UC-MSCs group

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