Research Article

Effects of Type 2 Diabetic Serum on Proliferation and Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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Expression of osteogenic differentiation-associated proteins. Osteogenic differentiation of MSCs was induced by culture with human serum. Human diabetic sera were divided into four groups according to HbA1c: <6.5%, 6.5%–8.0%, 8.0%–10%, and >10%. Protein expression was detected after 21 days in culture. All results were expressed as the and analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Student–Newman–Keuls multiple-range test was used to compare results between two groups: versus group below 6.5%, ; versus group 6.5–8.0%, ; versus group 8.0–10%, , . .