Research Article
Adenoviral Delivery of the VEGF and BMP-6 Genes to Rat Mesenchymal Stem Cells Potentiates Osteogenesis
Table 1
Experimental groups.
| | | Injection received | Number of injections |
| Group 1
| Ad-VB6 mixed with Matrigel, no cells | 4 SQ injections for 3 and 4 week time points | | Group 2 | Noninfected MMCs and Ad-VB6 mixed with Matrigel
| 4 SQ injections for 3 and 4 week time points | | Group 3 | MMCs infected with Ad-VB6 and mixed with Matrigel
| 3 SQ injections for 3 and 4 week time points |
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MMCs: mixed bone marrow cells; Ad-VB6: pAd-Shuttle-hBMP6-IRES-hVEGF-IRES-hrGFP-1; SQ: subcutaneous.
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