Cardiac repair by different treatments after 28 days (a, a1-a4: Sham; b, b1-b4: PBS; c, c1-c4: PEG-MEL/HA-SH; d, d1-d4: PEG-MEL/HA-SH/GO; e, e1-e4: PEG-MEL/HA-SH/ADSCs; f, f1-f4: PEG-MEL/HA-SH/GO/ADSCs). (A) Masson's trichrome staining for collagen (blue) and muscle (red); a2-f2 is magnification of the corresponding black box labelled in a1-f1. (B) Infarction size. (C) Fibrosis area. (D) LV wall thickness. (E) Immunofluorescence staining for α-SMA. (F) Immunofluorescence staining for Cx43. * indicates a significant difference between the experimental group and PBS treated group (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [154].© Elsevier Ltd 2020).