Effect of Microenvironment on Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Hepatocytes In Vitro and In Vivo

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Characterization of hUCMSCs. (a) Marker expression in hUCMSCs at passage 3, revealed by flow cytometry. (b) Determination of differentiation of hUCMSCs; ((1) and (3)) control groups; (2) osteogenic differentiation of hUCMSCs shown by calcium deposits revealed by Von Kossa staining (×400); (4) adipogenic differentiation of hUCMSCs stained by Oil-Red-O (×400).

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