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. 2017 Aug 17;7:8630. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09217-x

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The maturation of grafted cardiomyocytes is shown. (ai) Representative images of sections stained with cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and β-myosin heavy chain (βMHC). Note that the antibody against βMHC reacts with human-derived graft cardiomyocytes but not with rat-derived host cardiomyocytes. (di) Magnified images of (ac). While the sarcomere structure was easily observed in the grafts of the PSC/MG group, it was relatively rarely observed in the HyStem and PSC/HyStem groups. (j) % of cTnI-positive cells in all grafted cardiomyocytes, *P < 0.05. (k) Length of the sarcomere in grafted cardiomyocytes, **P < 0.01. PSC, pro-survival cocktail; MG, Matrigel.