Fig. 2From: Potential therapeutic effects of endothelial cells trans-differentiated from Wharton’s Jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells on altered vascular functions in aged diabetic rat modelECs homing to vascular endothelium. Left upper panel is a representative photomicrograph of a section in the cardiac muscle of aged diabetic rats showing negative CD31 immunostaining (X200). Right upper panel is a representative photomicrograph of a section in the cardiac muscle of aged diabetic + ECs treated rats showing positive CD31 immunostaining (X200). Left middle panel is a representative photomicrograph of a section in the thoracic aorta of aged diabetic rats showing negative CD31 immunostaining (X200). Right middle panel is a representative photomicrograph of a section in the thoracic aorta of aged diabetic + ECs treated rats showing positive CD31 immunostaining (X400). Left lower panel shows representative photomicrograph of H&E stained section from the thoracic aorta in the aged diabetic group (X200). Right lower panel shows representative photomicrograph of H&E stained section from the thoracic aorta in the aged diabetic + ECs group (X400)Back to article page