Detection of reporter (lacZ) gene overexpression in hMSCs transduced with the rAAV/CD systems. The rAAV-lacZ vector (20 μL, 4 × 105 transgene copies) was formulated with the various CDs (CD-1 to CD-4; 20 μL), and the resulting rAAV/CD systems (40 μL, i.e., 4 × 105 transgene copies) were incubated with hMSCs (3000 cells in 96-well plates; MOI = 133) for up to 10 days. Expression of lacZ was examined using X-Gal staining (top panel: magnification ×4; scale bars: 500 μm; all representative data) with corresponding histomorphometric analyses (bottom left panel) and using quantitative estimation of the β-gal activities using the Beta-Glo® Assay System (bottom right panel) after one (A) and 10 days (B). Control conditions included CDs lacking rAAV (-/CD), free rAAV (rAAV-lacZ), and absence of both CD and rAAV (-). Statistically significant relative to a -, b -/CD and c rAAV-lacZ.