Comparison of Rapidly Proliferating, Multipotent Aortic Valve-Derived Stromal Cells and Valve Interstitial Cells in the Human Aortic Valve

Figure 2

Cell proliferation ability comparison between VICs and VDSCs. (a) Cell proliferation curves show the difference between VDSCs and VICs; (vs. VICs) are accepted as having significant difference, . (b) MKI67 immunofluorescent staining, and nuclei are stained with DAPI. (c) The cartogram (based on (b)) shows the differences between passage 2 and passage 3 of VDSCs and VICs; are accepted as having significant difference, . (d) FACS analysis for the cell cycle of VDSCs and VICs; (e) S, G0/G1, and G2/M phases were counted and statistically compared. (vs. VICs) are accepted as having significant difference, .

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