Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Cardiomyocyte-Like Cells Is Regulated by the Combined Low Dose Treatment of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and 5-Azacytidine

Figure 4

Immunofluorescence staining of cardiomyocyte-specific proteins. (a) The cells positive for MHC, CX-43, α-actin, and cTnI were detected by immunofluorescence microscopy (×400). (b) The number of cells positive for MHC, CX-43, α-actin, and cTnI. versus control group; ; versus TGF-β1 group; versus 5-AZA group ().

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