Research Article

Age-Related Changes in Nucleus Pulposus Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An In Vitro Study in Rats

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Cellular senescence in NPMSCs (). (a) Representative images of SA-β-gal staining for the detection of senescent NPMSCs from young and old rats. An increased number of old NPMSCs were positive (blue color) for SA-β-gal compared to young NPMSCs. (b) Quantitative analysis also showed that the percentage of SA-β-gal-positive old NPMSCs was significantly higher than that of young NPMSCs. The data are expressed as means ± SD. indicates .
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