Research Article

Repair of Osteochondral Defects Using Human Umbilical Cord Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rabbit Model

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Inflammatory reactions in hWJMSC-Cs/ECM and hWJMSCs/ECM constructs implanted in nude rats. Granular leucocytes and macrophages infiltrated around the hWJMSC-Cs/ECM implants 18 days after implantation (a), whereas no inflammatory infiltration was observed in the hWJMSCs/ECM implants (b).
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