Figure 6.
Western blot analysis of BMP-2, BMP-4, BMP-7, and β-actin from T8, T9, and T10 at 1, 2, and 5 weeks after cell transplantation. (A) Representative Western blots of BMP-2, BMP-4, BMP-7, and β-actin. (B) Quantification of BMP-2 showing a significant increase in hADC-mNPC mice compared with pLXSN-mNPC and mNPC mice at 2 weeks post-transplantation. (C) Quantification of BMP-4 showing a significant decrease in hADC-mNPC mice compared with pLXSN-mNPC and mNPC mice at 2 weeks post-transplantation. (D) Quantification of BMP-7 demonstrating a lack of significant difference across the three groups, despite slightly higher expression in the hADC-mNPC group at 1, 2 and 5 weeks post-transplantation. Data are presented as means ± SEM. (n = 5 per sample, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01).