Endothelial Cells Promote Migration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells via PDGF-BB/PDGFRβ-Src-Akt in the Context of Inflammatory Microenvironment upon Bone Defect

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MSCs migrated toward ECs via PDGF-BB/PDGFRβ in the inflammatory microenvironment. (a) Representative images of migrated hBMSCs that had received different pre-treatments or had been exposed to different inducing media. The migration capacity of hBMSCs was determined using a Transwell culture system. The quantification of migrated cells was shown as a bar graph. Scale bar, 50 μm. . (b) Representative images of wound healing assays. The rate of scratch wound closure was shown as a bar graph. Scale bar, 200 μm. . EGM: endothelial cell growth medium-2. EC-CM: conditioned media of endothelial cells. IEC-CM: conditioned media of endothelial cells in the context of inflammatory microenvironment; shPDGF-BB: short hairpin RNA targeting pdgfb; shPDGFRβ: shRNA targeting pdgfrb.

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