Research Article
Asporin Reduces Adult Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Mineralization Induced by Osteogenic Media and Wnt Signaling Manipulation In Vitro
Table 3
qRT-PCR results of comparison between OS-induced control and OS+rhAsp-treated AVICs.
| | | OS+rhAsp-conditioned AVICs |
| Negative regulatory molecule of bone cell differentiation | Asporin | Upregulated |
| Osteogenic marker genes | Osteopontin, Runx2 | Downregulated |
| Wnt signaling-specific markers genes | β-Catenin | Downregulated | Wnt3a | Downregulated | Dkk1 | Upregulated |
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