Research Article

Anabolic Properties of High Mobility Group Box Protein-1 in Human Periodontal Ligament Cells In Vitro

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HMGB1 stimulates PDL cell osteogenic differentiation parameters. Osteogenic differentiation parameters were stimulated significantly at the transcriptional level in hPDL cells as determined by real time PCR. Data represent the mean ± SD for six independent cultures. , experimental group versus untreated control (red line).