Research Article

ADSCs Combined with Melatonin Promote Peripheral Nerve Regeneration through Autophagy

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The mutations of autophagosomes on the 7th day after the sciatic nerve injury in rats were observed by electron microscopy. (a) Control group. (b) Model group. (c) ADSCs group. (d) Mel group. (e) Mel + ADSCs group. (f) 3-MA group. There are autophagosomes (yellow arrows) and lysosomes (red arrows) in the sciatic nerve. (g) Number of autophagosome statistics. The control group, ADSCs group, Mel group, ADSCs + Mel group, and 3-MA group were compared with the model group, respectively. Each value is the mean ± SE of four independent determinations. and compared with the model group; , the control group, ADSCs group, model group, Mel group, ADSCs + Mel group, and 3-MA group were compared with the ADSCs + Mel group.
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