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. 2011 Aug 15;1(3):77–82. doi: 10.1038/kisup.2011.18

Table 2. α-Smooth muscle actin, macrophages, and lymphocytes in kidney specimens from Nx rats and the controls, which received BMmSCs or hAFSCs.

  α-SMA (%) M (cell/mm2) Lymphocytes (cell/mm2)
Sham 0.3±0.1 17±3 13±3
Sham+BMmSCs 0.5±0.2 19±3 20±5
Sham+hAFSCs 0.1±0.0 9±4 67±16a,b
Nx 6.3±0.7a,b,c 50±8a,b,c 33±2
Nx+BMmSCs 2.7±0.4d 35±2 25±2
Nx+hAFSCs 0.3±0.1d,e 18±3d 70±8a,b,e

Abbreviations: α-SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; BMmSCs, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; hAFSCs, human amniotic fluid stem cells; M, macrophages; Nx, 5/6 nephrectomy model.

aP<0.01 versus sham.

bP<0.01 versus sham+BMmSCs.

cP<0.001 versus sham+hAFSCs.

dP<0.001versus Nx.

eP<0.05versus Nx+BMmSCs.