Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells: A Reliable, Challenging Tool for In Vitro Osteogenesis and Bone Tissue Engineering Approaches

Figure 4

Correlation of body mass index with age, TNAP activity, and inducibility. hBMSC in passage 1 were plated in BM (basic medium) onto TCPS (= P2). From day 4 after plating, the cells were cultured either in BM or in OM/D (osteogenic differentiation medium). At day 15 after plating, the cells were analyzed for TNAP activity as described above. The data was presented for the entire group and females and males as well. Black lines indicate linear curve fit. Regression characteristics (-value, -square) and the number of analyzed donors are given in Table 2.

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