Research Article

Differentiation of Human Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament Fibroblast Cells by In Vitro Coculture

Figure 4

Expression of collagen type III on day 21 and its quantification in each group based on immunofluorescence staining. Collagen type III was secreted intracellularly and showed significantly increased expression over time in Group C, in which a small amount of fusion began on day 7; on days 14 and 21, larger shapes formed by collagen type III protein were observed in Group C compared to in Groups A, B, and D on days 7, 14, and 21. Group E showed strong expression of collagen type III, with the highest expression on day 21, and higher expression than in other groups at the same time points (original magnification ×100, scale bar = 100 μm) ().