Figure 2.
Progenicity and multi-lineage differentiation ability of hMSCs in HCS and PHCS. (A) Morphology and quantification of colonies formed by hMSCs before seeding and cells extracted from HCS. *p < 0.05. (B) Von Kossa staining of mineralized ECM and calcium deposition in osteogenic-differentiated HCS and PHCS. (C) Nile red staining of lipid vacuoles and oil red o quantification in adipogenic-differentiated HCS and PHCS. The cells in HCS and PHCS maintained a certain degree of progenicity and multi-lineage differentiation ability.