Research Article

Effects of Toll-Like Receptors 3 and 4 in the Osteogenesis of Stem Cells

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Expression of -catenin. Western blotting analysis was used to access the expression of total -catenin and nuclear -catenin in OBs stimulated by TLR-3 ligands and TLR-4 ligands . Untreated OBs were used as negative control . More expression of -catenin indicated better activation of Wnt signaling pathway. TLR-4 ligands inhibited Wnt signaling pathway, while TLR-3 ligands did not affect that mechanism.