Research Article

The Interaction between Bmal1 and Per2 in Mouse BMSC Osteogenic Differentiation

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(a) Ocn mRNA expression among the groups after 14 days of osteoinduction. (b) Western blotting results showed the same trend of OCN protein expression as the Ocn mRNA among the seven groups after 14 days of osteoinduction. (c) The OCN protein expression intensity. GAPDH served as the endogenous reference gene. Densitometry was used to quantify the protein level; the protein level was displayed as the ratio of OCN relative to GAPDH. (d) Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity among the groups after 7 days of osteoinduction. Data represent the mean ± SD (); the asterisk indicates the group compared to the control groups, that is, group 1, group 3, group 5, or group 7. and . The pound key indicates a significant difference between the two groups (###).
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