Figure 6.

Destination of MSCs-GFP after being inoculated into right pleural cavity in healthy rats. Images from d 1: the mediastinal pleura (A–F), the right thymus (G–I); d 4: the mediastinal pleura (J); d 7: the mediastinal pleura (K); d 14: the mediastinal pleura (L). “Halo” around MSCs-GFP aggregate was seen in image C (white arrows), indicating that interactions between MSCs and the pleural constituent cells occurred during adhesion. MSCs-GFP aggregate localized in a net of small blood vessels was shown in image (L). (A, D, G), fluorescence. (B, E, H), phase contrast. (C, F, I), merge. (J, K), fluorescence microscopy. (L), merge. (A–C, G–I, J, L), ×100; (K), ×200; (D–F), ×400.