FIGURE 2.
Effects of ADSCs on MIA-induced rat OA model. (A) Safranin O/Fast green (SO) staining and alcian blue hematoxylin (ABH) staining with black arrows (chondrocyte loss, collagen disruption) and yellow arrows (chondrocyte loss, matrix disorganization). The tissue was harvested at the fourth week after OA induction, which was the fifth week of the total experiment (5 W). The white dash line indicates the border between cartilage and subchondral bone. Scale bars = 50 μm. (B) Measurement of MWT and TWL of rats. N = 8. (C) Mankin’s scores for histopathological observation. Values were presented as mean ± SD. N = 24. ##p < 0.01 versus NC group; *p < 0.05 versus model group.
