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From: Human Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stromal cells reduce renal fibrosis through induction of native and foreign hepatocyte growth factor synthesis in injured tubular epithelial cells

Figure 4

Representative micrographs illustrating α-smooth-muscle actin (SMA) expression in kidney tissues. In comparison with IRI rats receiving cell treatment or nephrectomy, vehicle-treated rats exhibited stronger positive staining for α-SMA in kidney tissue sections, especially at 6 weeks after intervention. In kidney tissue sections from sham-operated rats, α-SMA was expressed mostly in vessels. The original magnification is × 400. (a) through (h), photographs showing α-SMA expression in kidney tissue sections at 4 weeks after intervention; (i) through (p), photographs showing α-SMA expression in kidney tissue sections at 6 weeks after intervention.

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Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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