Zinc enhances the cell adhesion, migration, and self-renewal potential of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells

Figure 1 Processing and culturing of human umbilical cord tissue. A: Demonstration of the pictographic representation of human umbilical cord processing; B: Show cord tissue comprises one vein and two arteries surrounded by Wharton's jelly; C-F: Shows fibroblast-like morphology of mesenchymal stem cells at 4 × and 10 × magnifications at P₀ (C and D), while P₀ at a later stage shows elongated fibroblast-like morphology, which is interconnected with their extensions and is arranged in colonies (E and F). MSCs: Mesenchymal stem cells.