Fig. 6.
Assessment of cardiac function. M-mode echocardiograms are shown at 4 weeks in group 1 (A), group 2 (B), group 3 (C) and group 4 (D). Left ventricular enddiastolic diameters (LVDD, E) and ejection fraction (EF) (F) in hearts treated with CXCR4 overexpressing MSCs (G2), or SDF-1α plus CXCR4 overexpression (G3) was significantly better (F) than in control group (G1), or miRNA-CXCR4 group (G4). All values were expressed as mean±S.E.M. *p<0.05 vs. control group (G1). n=6 for each group.