Research Article

Potential Osteoinductive Effects of Calcitriol on the m-RNA of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Human Alveolar Periosteum

Table 3

Fold change of ALP activity assays corresponding to calcitriol dose studies at the second and third weeks.

Time pointsFold change mean ± SDVit. CMDMD

Control2 W0.11
3 W
Vit. C2 W0.881.00
3 W0.620.92
MD2 W0.91
3 W0.53
MD2 W
3 W

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MD: 10−8 M calcitriol; MD: 10−7 M calcitriol; Vit. C: ascorbic acid (100 µM).