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Fig. 3 | Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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From: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells do not enhance intra-synovial tendon healing despite engraftment and homing to niches within the synovium

Fig. 3

Confocal micrographs of unlabelled MSCs (a) and MION-labelled MSCs (b) (blue DAPI, red Rhodamine B). Labelled MSCs after 7 days in culture showing persistence of MIONs (c). Adipogenic differentiation of MSCs with Oil Red O staining with control cells (d) and induced cells (e) along with Prussian blue stain (f). H&E staining of a chondrogenic pellet of MION-labelled MSCs (g) that also stained positively for alcian blue (h) and Prussian blue stain (i). MR imaging of MION-particles and MION-labelled cells embedded as a bolus in 1% agarose gel to assess sensitivity of detection (j). MION magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticle 

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