Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor-Anchored Multilayered Mesenchymal Cell Sheets Accelerate Periosteal Bone Formation

Figure 3

3D micro-CT analysis of femurs after the grafting of multilayered mesenchymal cells loaded with bFGF-PKD-CBD. 3D micro-CT images of fractured rat femurs treated with (a) sham, (b) MLMCs, and (c) MLMCs/bFGF-PKD-CBD after two weeks of recovery. Green: newly formed bone; gray: existing bone. Scale bars indicate 3 mm.

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