Combined Therapy with Extracorporeal Shock Wave and Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Remarkably Improved Acute Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of Quadriceps Muscle

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Histopathological finding of fibrotic area in the quadriceps by day 7 after the IR procedure. (a–e) Illustrating the microscopic finding (200x) of Masson’s trichrome stain for identification of the fibrotic area of the quadriceps (blue color). (f) Analytic result of fibrotic area. versus other groups with different symbols (†, ‡, §, and ¶), . The scale bars in the lower right corner represent 50 μm. All statistical analyses were performed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison post hoc test ( for each group). Symbols (, †, ‡, §, and ¶) indicate significance at the 0.05 level. HPF = high-power field; SC = sham control; IR = ischemia-reperfusion; ECSW = extracorporeal shock wave; ADMSC = adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell.

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