Adenoviral Delivery of the VEGF and BMP-6 Genes to Rat Mesenchymal Stem Cells Potentiates Osteogenesis
Figure 2
Von Kossa staining of cells in culture at 2 and 3 weeks. Black areas reflect the presence of mineral in the cultures. No mineralization is seen in the basic medium at 2 weeks (a) and 3 weeks (b). The noninfected rMSCs at 2 weeks (c) and 3 weeks (d) show minimal mineralization. Images of the Ad-VEGF+BMP-6 infected mixed marrow cells at 2 weeks (e) and at 3 weeks (f) showed considerable mineralization.