Pharmacological Preconditioning Improves the Viability and Proangiogenic Paracrine Function of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Figure 4

Celastrol preconditioning increases the amount of angiogenic factors released by encapsulated hMSC: (a) VEGF-a (, , ); (b) SDF-1α (, , ); and (c) FGF-2 (, , ) concentrations in conditioned media of hydrogel-encapsulated hMSC on day 4 ( and ; no significant difference between groups with FGF-2 (, , ).

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