Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 2 pp 3060—3079

Figure 2. Treatment with hUMSC-Exos attenuates microglia-mediated inflammation and neurological deficits after ischemic stroke. (A) Schematic of the protocol. (B) Representative photomicrographs of TTC-stained tissue from the control, vehicle-only, and experimental groups, with associated infarct size as calculated using ImageJ software. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 12 per group). Significant differences are indicated (*p < 0.05). (C) Neurological deficit scores in the vehicle-only and experimental groups 72 hours post-reperfusion. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 12 per group). Significant differences are indicated (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01). (D) The red box indicates the cerebral ischemic penumbra. (E) H&E staining. Scale bar: 50 μm. (F) Representative photomicrographs of IL-6 and NFκB in the ischemic penumbra 72 hours post-reperfusion, with associated relative intensities as calculated using ImageJ software. Scale bar: 50 μm. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6 per group). Significant differences are indicated (*p < 0.05).