Research Article

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

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Immunohistochemical determination of human hepatocyte markers in rat liver after transplantation of hUCMSCs. (a) Expression of CK18, ALB, AFP, and TPH2 in liver after transplantation of hUCMSCs into acute CCl4-treated rats. (b) Quantification of human hepatocyte-specific marker positive cells (mean ± SD, , compared with vehicle group, compared with 3 h group, and compared with 2 d group). Bar = 100 μm.
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