Research Article

Impact of Tissue Harvesting Sites on the Cellular Behaviors of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Implication for Bone Tissue Engineering

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Osteogenic capability of adipose-derived MSCs: (a–e) Relative gene expression (RGE) of osteogenic genes (ALP, BMP2, COLI, SPP1, and RUNX2) of AbSCs, BFPdSCs, and HdSCs after 7 and 14 days in osteogenic induction medium versus the cells grown in stem cell growth medium. (f) The expression of ALP at protein level using ALP activity assay. (g) The expression of BMP2 at protein level using BMP2 ELISA kit. The amount of ALP and BMP2 were the highest in BFPdSCs at both day 7 and 14 of osteogenic induction. Different letters indicate significant difference at .
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