Fig 6. Production of urea in hepatocyte-like cells derived from RFP- and Oct4/Sox2-ATMSCs after 28 days hepatogenic differentiation.
After hepatogenic induction, urea production was significantly increased in cultures of differentiated RFP- and Oct4/Sox2-ATMSCs. Thus, the amount of urea produced by hepatocyte-like cells derived from Oct4/Sox2-ATMSCs was significantly higher than that of RFP-ATMSCs. Undifferentiated ATMSC and HepG2 Cells were used as negative and positive control, respectively. The experiments were repeated at least three times and similar findings were observed. Data represent the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test of the means (significant, **p < 0.01).