Beneficial Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion

Figure 3

Viability of free and microencapsulated hepatocytes. (a) Representative images at day 3 for free, Alg-microencapsulated, and Alg-PEG-SH-microencapsulated hepatocytes. Upper panels present bright-field images, middle panels present viable cells (FDA staining), and lower panels present nonviable cells (PI staining). (b) Quantification of viable cells (FDA) and nonviable cells (PI) at day 3. Values are expressed as % of the total cell area (). Quantification has been performed using ImageJ.

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