Figure 10.
Fluorescently labeled bone marrow stem cells were injected into an infarct with or without α-CD/MPEG-PCL-MPEG hydrogel. Four weeks after injection cell engraftment in the group without the hydrogel (A) was less than half that of the hydrogel group (B) as determined both visually and quantitatively (C), thus demonstrating a benefit of material injection with cell therapy. (From [123], scale bar = 40 μm)