Fig. 1
CHBP preserved the viability of MSCs during starvation. a MSCs were seeded in 96-well plates at a density of 1 × 104 cells/well and subjected to starvation. CHBP was administered at indicated concentrations. Scrambled peptide was also used as a control. Cell viability was determined by CCK-8. b MSCs seeded in 6-well plates at 1 × 106 cells/well were incubated in serum-free medium for 24 h in the absence or presence of CHBP and harvested for Trypan blue staining. c Effect of CHBP on the proliferation of MSCs under normal conditions was measured by CCK-8. Experiments were performed in triplicate. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001