Promoting Effects on Proliferation and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Four “Kidney-Tonifying” Traditional Chinese Herbs

<div>Characterization of cultured BMSCs and TGF-<i>β</i>1-induced BMSCs morphology. (a) Normal cultured BMSCs exhibited a spindle-shape (×200); (b) TGF-<i>β</i>1-induced BMSCs exhibited larger cell bodies and multiple cytoplasmic projections and appeared a polygonal-shape (×100).</div>

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Figure 1: Promoting Effects on Proliferation and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Four “Kidney-Tonifying” Traditional Chinese Herbs 

Figure 1 | Promoting Effects on Proliferation and Chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Four “Kidney-Tonifying” Traditional Chinese Herbs 