Research Article

Differentiation of Human Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament Fibroblast Cells by In Vitro Coculture

Figure 6

Expression of tenascin-C on day 21 and its quantification in each group based on immunofluorescence staining. Tenascin-C was mainly secreted extracellularly and appeared as a large, misty cloud shape; this protein was not observed in nuclei. Group E showed a significant increase in tenascin-C expression that increased over time, and tenascin-C expression was highest in Group E on days 7, 14, and 21. Group F showed limited tenascin-C expression and maintained a fixed level of protein secretion over time. On days 7, 14, and 21, Group C showed strong expression of tenascin-C compared with Groups A, B, and D (original magnification ×100, scale bar = 100 μm) ().