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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2012 Oct 8;34(1):140–149. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.045

Fig. 6. Combination of ECs with MPCs improves muscle tissue innervation in vivo.

Fig. 6

(A) βIII tubulin staining indicated nerve bundles interspersed with the myofibers on the scaffolds. (B) Neuro-vascular bundles were observed in trichrome stained sections of explanted TE muscle constructs (asterisks - nerve bundles; arrows - blood vessels). Scale bars: 25 μm. (C) Quantification of βIII tubulin-positive nerve bundles in ≥20 random HPFs, showed a trend towards an increase of nerve bundle number when scaffolds were seeded with both ECs and MPCs. Data are expressed as means ± SEM for number of HPFs. *P < 0.06.