Journal: Regenerative Therapy
Article Title: Hypoxia conditioned adipose-derived stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle therapy improves cardiac function in a rat model of ischemic cardiomyopathy
doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2026.101105
Figure Lengend Snippet: Animal experiment protocols and echocardiography results. a) Experimental design for the intracardiac injection of EVs into an ICM rat model. b) Serial echocardiographic images of the three groups before MI, after MI, 2 weeks after administration, and 4 weeks after administration. c) Echocardiographic parameters (LVDd, LVDs, and LVEF) in the three groups before MI, after MI, 2 weeks after administration, and 4 weeks after administration. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. Statistical analyses were performed using a mixed effect model including factors for group, time, and interaction between group and time with a post-hoc comparison using Tukey–Kramer method EF, ejection fraction; EV: extracellular vesicle; H-EVs: hypoxic EVs; ICM: ischemic cardiomyopathy; LAD: left anterior descending; MI: MI; LEW, Lewis rats; LVDs, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVDd, left ventricular-end diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; N -EVs: normoxic EVs; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline.
Article Snippet: After seeding the cryopreserved cells, they were washed twice with Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (PBS; Nacalai Tesque) when they reached approximately 90% confluence.
Techniques: Injection, Comparison, Saline