Figure 8. Effect of 3 culture media
on UCB1 MSC association with damaged endothelium. Fluorescence
confocal microscopic images show the formation of MSC cell
sheets in areas of damaged HCEC (arrows in A-C).
Note that, in wounded corneas incubated in MSCBM, ZO1 is
localized diffusely within the cytoplasm of the MSCs. In wounded
corneas incubated in LECBM or LECCM, ZO1 tended to be localized
at the lateral borders of MSCs. Red: ZO1. Blue: TO-PRO-3-stained
nuclei. Original magnification: 40×.