Curcumin and Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Ankle, Testis, and Ovary Deleterious Histological Changes in Arthritic Rats via Suppression of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

Figure 5

Photomicrographs of sections in an ankle of a female rat (a) from the RA group showing damaged articulating cartilage (DAC) and eroded sponge bone (ESB); (b) from the RA group showing necrosis of articular cartilage (↘) and massive inflammatory cell infiltration (IF); (c–e) from arthritic-treated groups with curcumin, MSCs, and a mixture of curcumin and MSCs, respectively, showing a nearly normal structure of articulating cartilage (AC), synovial cavity (SyC), skeletal muscle (SkM), sponge bone (SB), and bone marrow (BM).

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