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.