Research Article

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

Table 3

BBB scores of rats with SCI after OECs and MSCs transplantation treatments ().

GroupControlSham OECs treatedBMSCs treatedCotransplant treated

1 day after transplantation215.07 ± 0.67a5.19 ± 0.98a5.20 ± 0.54a5.38 ± 0.69a
3 days after transplantation215.26 ± 0.82a5.83 ± 1.05a5.89 ± 0.91a6.48 ± 0.90a
7 days after transplantation215.73 ± 0.90a6.49 ± 0.93a6.74 ± 1.03a6.95 ± 1.20a
14 days after transplantation215.88 ± 1.05a8.87 ± 1.56ab9.31 ± 1.26ab10.96 ± 1.73ab
21 days after transplantation216.19 ± 0.97a10.81 ± 2.00ab11.23 ± 1.87ab13.23 ± 2.22abcd
28 days after transplantation216.56 ± 1.22ab12.98 ± 2.11ab13.09 ± 2.01ab15.16 ± 2.31abcd

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