Research Article

Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Rat Bone Marrow and the Endosteal Niche: A Comparative Study

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Adipogenic induction of CB-MSCs and BM-MSCs at PD50. (a) CB-MSCs and (b) BM-MSCs were cultured in adipogenic medium for 14 days and stained with Oil Red O to detect neutral lipid droplet formation within the cultured cells. Potency was greater for BM-MSCs with results correlating with (c) gene expression of adipogenic markers in MSCs at PD50 quantified by qPCR. Values were normalised to the expression of β-actin, and expression following 14 days in adipogenic media is presented as a fold increase or decrease compared to levels in cells cultured in basal media. Each bar represents the mean fold change ± SD. , , and .
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