For phenotypic characterization of MSCs and monocytes, samples were taken from both populations at times 0, 7, 14, and 28 days. MSCs were lifted with trypsin and monocytes with a scraper, and, after centrifugation at 300×
g for 5 min at 4 °C, each cell type was resuspended in PBS. Monocytes were permeabilized with
perm/wash buffer (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) and incubated for 30 min at 4 °C with the following fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies:
CD68-FITC,
CD163-PE, and
CD206-APC (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA).
MSCs were incubated identically with the following fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies: CD73-APC,
CD45-FITC,
CD31-PE, CD90-APC, and
HLA-DR-FITC (Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA).
Fluorescence-minus-one technique was used to adjust voltages and compensate for fluorescence, and
propidium iodide (Sigma, Burlington, MA, USA) was used to determine viability following the manufacturer’s instructions.
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Guava EasyCyte flow cytometer (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) was used to acquire the samples, and
InCyte software (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) was used to analyze the results.
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