Fig. 5

Effect of eMSC in restoring the endometrial epithelial and stromal compartment in the mouse endometrium. (A) Representative images showing the expression of cytokeratin 19 in mouse endometrium detected by immunochemistry staining. Scale bar: 100 μm. (B) Relative number of glands in the PBS group (blue bars) and the eMSC group (yellow bars) (n = 4). The injured uterine horn (L) was normalized against the control uterine horn (R) from the same animal. Representative western blotting images (C) and quantitative analysis (D) of vimentin protein expression in the PBS group (blue bars) and the eMSC group (yellow bars) normalized to β-actin. Representative western blotting images (E) and quantitative analysis (F) of cytokeratin 19 protein expression in the PBS group (blue bars) and the eMSC group (yellow bars) normalized to β-actin. Results are presented as mean ± SD, *P < 0.05; Abbreviation: eMSC, endometrial mesenchymal stem-like cells