Research Article

MSCs Contribute to the Conversion of Ly6Chigh Monocytes into Ly6Clow Subsets under AMI

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Conversion of Ly6Chigh to Ly6Clow monocytes when cocultured with MSCs. (a) After stimulation with LPS (1 μg/ml), monocytes were cocultured with or without MSCs (control). Ly6Clow monocytes at day 1 and day 3 were then determined by FACS. (b) Expression levels of NR4A1 in two groups of Ly6Chigh/low monocytes (corresponding to (a)) were then tested. at day 3 vs. the first day. Abbreviations: FITC: fluorescein isothiocyanate; MSCs: mesenchymal stem cells; PE: phycoerythrin; NR4A1: nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1.
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