Fig. 9.
Immunofluorescence analysis of inflammation and apoptosis. Representative images of Iba-1 (a-d) and TUNEL (e-h) immunostained longitudinal sections from the control, single injhection (SI), repeated injections at 3-day intervals (3RI) and repeated injections at 7-day intervals (7RI) groups. Quantitative analysis of the Iba-1+/4,6-diamino-2-phenyl indole (DAPI)+ (i) and TUNEL+/DAPI+ (j) cell numbers in the epicentre of the lesion (***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 versus the other three groups; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01 versus the 3RI group). The results show that human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSC) transplantation inhibited microglial/macrophage infiltration and apoptosis. Scale bar = 100 μm