Effects of heme oxygenase-1-modified bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on microcirculation and energy metabolism following liver transplantation

Figure 10 Hyaluronic acid expression in serum after liver transplantation. The serum hyaluronic acid (HA) level tended to increase initially, then decrease, and later increase again with the extension of post-operative time. Serum HA in the HO-1/BMMSCs group was lower than that of the BMMSCs and NS groups on postoperative day (POD) 5: HO-1/BMMSCs vs BMMSCs group vs NS group: 4.31 ± 0.07 vs 4.66 ± 0.24 vs 5.99 ± 0.15 (P < 0.01). POD7: HO-1/BMMSCs group vs BMMSCs group vs NS group: 4.78 ± 0.23 vs 5.73 ± 0.11 vs 6.72 ± 0.14 (P < 0.01). POD14: HO-1/BMMSCs group vs NS group: 11.43 ± 0.52 vs 12.52 ± 0.51 (P < 0.01). ^aP < 0.05 vs NS group, ^cP < 0.05 vs HO-1/BMMSCs group.