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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2012 Nov 6;34(4):1311–1326. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.10.038

Table 4.

Summary of USC subcutaneous injection in vivo for 28 days

Groups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Cell-free
+ empty
beads
Human
Myoblasts
+empty beads
USC+
empty
beads
USC/EC+
empty
beads
Cell free +all
growth
factor beads
USC+
PDGF/HGF
beads
USC+
VEGF
Beads
USC+IGF/
FGF/NGF
Beads
USC+All growth
factor containing
beads
USC/EC+All
growth factor
containing beads
Gross measurement
Graft size 2+ 3+˜4+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 3+˜4+ 4+ 3+˜4+ 4+
Blood supply +˜2+ 2+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 2+˜3+ 4+ 4+
Cell density
DAPI staining + 3+˜4+ 2+˜3+ 2+˜3+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 3+˜4+ 4+ 4+
Human nuclei staining 3+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 4+
Muscle regeneration
MyoD −˜+ 3+˜4+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+˜4+ 3+ 2+˜3+ 3+˜4+ 4+
Desmin 4+ 2+ +˜2+ 2+ 4+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 4+ 4+
Myf-5 4+ +˜2+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 2+˜3+ 2+ 3+˜4+ 4+
Angiogenesis
Trichorome observation + 2+˜3+ 2+ 2+ +˜2+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 3+ 4+ 4+
CD 31 −˜+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 3+ 3+˜4+ 4+
vWF −˜+ +˜2+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 2+˜3+ 2+˜3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+
Nerve regeneration
S-100 −˜+ +˜2+ +˜2+ + 2+ +˜2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 4+
NF −˜+ 2+ 2+ +˜2+ 2+ 2+ 2+˜3+ 3+˜4+ 3+˜4+ 4+

Notes: All growth factors including PDGF-BB/HGF/VEGF/IGF/FGF-1/NGF.

− no targeted cell or capillary; + 1%–25% of G10 changes; ++ 25%–50% of G10 changes; +++ 50%–75% of G10 changes; ++++ G10 changes as standard