Figure 3.
Neurotrophic factor gene expression: (A) traumatized muscle-derived MPCs and (B) bone marrow-derived MSCs were cultured in either growth medium (GM) or neurotrophic induction medium (NM) for 14 days, and gene expression was assayed using real-time RT-PCR; *p < 0.01, Student’s t-tests with n = 4. NGF, nerve growth factor; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; CNTF, ciliary neurotrophic factor; NT-3, neurotrophin-3