Table 4.

Effects of short-term FGF2 withdrawal or supplementation on locomotor recovery in SCI rats after DPC transplantation (BBB scores).

	DPC-S (n = 10)	DPC-S/FS1 hr (n = 5)	DPC-FS (n = 10)	DPC-FS/S1 day (n = 6)
1 W	1.3 ± 0.3	0.2 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.3
3 W	1.7 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.6*	3.8 ± 0.7*
7 W	2.6 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.5***	5.3 ± 0.9***

Locomotor function of the hind limbs was evaluated at 1, 3, and 7 weeks after injury and transplantation of DPCs. The values are expressed as the mean ± SE. For statistical comparison, the data for DPC-S and DPC-FS were replotted from Fig. 2; *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.005 vs SCI/DPC-S (two-way ANOVA, post hoc with Tukey’s test).