Genetic Markers Can Predict Chondrogenic Differentiation Potential in Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Figure 4

Combined 3D analysis of mRNA expression levels. (a) The scatter plot of CDKN2D (x-axis), CD74 (y-axis), and TGM2 (z-axis) mRNA expression levels was constructed using SPSS. The relative mRNA expression levels in ilium (nos. 1–10) and jaw MSCs (nos. 11–15) are presented relative to maximum values of 100. (b) Mean distances between each point and the origin (bars) are shown for ilium and jaw MSCs. The donor ID numbers in the graphs correspond to those shown in Table S1 in Supplementary Materials; ; Student’s t-test.

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