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Fig. 2 | Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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From: Comparison of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells derived from superficial and deep subcutaneous adipose tissues

Fig. 2

Sup-ASC-CM and Deep-ASC-CM equivalently induce a change in the macrophage phenotype to M2. a Western blot analysis of CD163 and CD68 in THP-1 macrophages treated with Sup-ASC-CM or Deep-ASC-CM. Graph shows densitometric analysis of the CD163 expression level normalized to CD68 and α-tubulin expression levels (n = 5 in each group). Full-length blots are presented in Additional file 2B: Fig. 1c. b Expression level of TSG-6 mRNA in Sup-ASCs and Deep-ASCs (n = 5 in each group). c Concentrations of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in Sup-ASC-CM and Deep-ASC-CM were measured by an ELISA (n = 5 in each group). Data are means ± S.D. #P < 0.01, *P < 0.05; n.s.: not significant (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey–Kramer’s post-hoc test)

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