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. 2014 Jul 26;6(3):278–287. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v6.i3.278

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Attenuation of aortic aneurysm development and growth is associated with improvement of the imbalance between degradation and synthesis of extracellular matrices by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy. ECM: Extracellular matrices; BM-MSC: Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell; TIMP: Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase; MMP: Matrix metalloproteinase; IL: Interleukin; IGF: Insulin-like growth factor.