Research Article

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Regulates MicroRNA 21 Expression to Activate TGF-β Signaling in Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells to Enhance Osteoblast Differentiation

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PEMF resulted in stimulation of expression of osteoblast differentiation marker genes via the TGF-β signaling pathway. Differentiated human osteoblasts derived from hBMSCs from a 30-year-old female were used. Total RNA was isolated after incubation with IgG or pan-TGF-β antibody (Pan-Anti) and treatment with control (Ctr) or PEMF and subjected to RT-qPCR using the primers for (a) ALP and (b) collagen 1A1 genes. RPL13 was used to normalize gene expression. . indicates significant increase compared with control IgG. # indicates significant decrease compared to all groups with ALP mRNA expression; ## indicates significant decrease compared to control or PEMF treatment with IgG incubation with collagen 1A1 mRNA expression; analysis by one-way ANOVA.
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