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Fig. 4 | Translational Neurodegeneration

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From: Xenografting of human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells from Wharton’s jelly ameliorates mouse spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

Fig. 4

HUMSCs transplantation alleviated Purkinje cell damage SCA1 mice. Damages to the Purkinje cells in the SCA1 mice were assessed by sacrificing six-month-old SCA1 mice and observing, under optical microscope, Purkinje cells in lobules III and VI in tissue slices following immunohistochemical staining with anti-calbindin antibodies. Presented are representative photomicrographs of tissue slices of lobules III (a1 and a2) and VI (a3 and a4) in mice at 6 months of age in all groups. Purkinje cell number per unit length (b and d) and cell body area (c and e) in lobules III and VI were quantified. At 6 months of age, significant decreases were observed in both cell number and cell body area in the groups of SCA1 and SCA1-PBS. Transplantation of HUMSCs salvaged such losses (b-e). * p < 0.05 compared with the Normal group. ▲ p < 0.05 compared with the Normal-PBS group. # p < 0.05 compared with the SCA1-HUMSCs group

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