Figure 5. CD34+ cell therapy decreased MMP levels in wound tissues.
A. Representative western blot analysis of MMP-1, 3, 9, 13, TIMP1, and SM22α protein levels in wound tissue lysates from mice received CD34+ cells or media as a control at day 3 and 7 after wounding. β-actin level was used as house keeping protein for loading. B. Quantitative values of each molecule were calculated by performing densitometric analysis of the targeted protein bands and graphically presented relative to β-actin amount. Results are shown as mean ± SEM (n=3) within a representative of three independent experiments.