What Makes Umbilical Cord Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Superior Immunomodulators When Compared to Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells?

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Quantification of IL-1β, IL-8, LIF, and TGF-β2 in conditioned media from UCX and BM-MSCs. Except for IL-8 which was quantified using FlowCytomix, all other secreted proteins were quantified by ELISA. Values are represented as mean s.e.m. and statistically significant differences are indicated by asterisks (unpaired -test). No statistical analysis was performed in the case of LIF since this protein was not detected in conditioned media from BM-MSCs. All 4 secreted factors were detected in higher amounts in conditioned media obtained from UCX cells.