Research Article

Multiple Intravenous Injections of Valproic Acid-Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cell from Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Improved Cardiac Function in an Acute Myocardial Infarction Rat Model

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hiPSC-MSC administration reduced the scar area. (a) Masson’s Trichrome staining, scar tissue was stained blue, and the viable area was pink. A. Normal heart. B. Sham infarcted heart. C. PBS-injection-treated AMI heart. D. Two-injection-treated AMI heart. E. Four-injection-treated AMI heart. (b) MSC treatments reduced the scar area in the cell-injection groups compared with those in the PBS-injection group, and there was significant difference in the four-injection group, ).
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