The Cotransplantation of Olfactory Ensheathing Cells with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exerts Antiapoptotic Effects in Adult Rats after Spinal Cord Injury

Table 1

The change of body weight for rats after surgery (g, ).

Group	Control group	Sham group	OECs treated group	BMSCs treated group	Cotransplant treated group
Before surgery	263.75 ± 10.58	264.87 ± 12.74	259.78 ± 12.28	263.41 ± 13.63	262.69 ± 16.76
1 day after surgery	262.35 ± 16.53	262.34 ± 13.44	258.85 ± 11.76	261.07 ± 18.23	260.98 ± 12.06
7 days after surgery	267.74 ± 14.39	212.38 ± 15.50^a	215.67 ± 14.57^a	220.58 ± 12.05^a	216.10 ± 15.30^a
7 days after transplantation	274.31 ± 11.97	211.66 ± 12.19^a	212.83 ± 12.49^a	213.18 ± 14.72^a	213.37 ± 13.75^a
14 days after transplantation	286.31 ± 12.25	213.62 ± 10.08^a	224.65 ± 13.28^ab	227.72 ± 11.05^ab	229.15 ± 10.63^ab
28 days after transplantation	314.67 ± 15.84	214.11 ± 17.41^a	235.67 ± 10.50^ab	239.58 ± 12.70^ab	249.10 ± 10.96^abcd

versus control group; versus sham group; versus OECs treated group; and versus BMSCs treated group.