Research Article

Sika Deer Antler Collagen Type I-Accelerated Osteogenesis in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells via the Smad Pathway

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Effect of SDA-collagen type I on the expression of BMP2, Smad2, Smad3, and Smad4 in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) after 14-day treatment (in osteogenic induction medium). (a) mRNA expression as assayed via real-time PCR. Data shown are normalized means + SD relative to β-actin mRNA levels (). denotes a significant difference (). (b) Representative Western blots of BMP and Smad protein expression (). Results were quantified via densitometry with the maximum grey value set to 1. All blots were run under the same experimental conditions.
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