Strontium Promotes the Proliferation and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Placental Decidual Basalis- and Bone Marrow-Derived MSCs in a Dose-Dependent Manner

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Effect of strontium on the osteogenic differentiation of BM- and PDB-MSCs cultured in the growth medium. (a) Results of the ALP staining of BM- and PDB-MSCs cultured with strontium for 7 days. Red indicates positive staining. Scale bar: 100 μm. (b) The ALP activity of BM- and PDB-MSCs treated with strontium for 7 days, for each group. (c) The osteogenic gene expression of BM- and PDB-MSCs on days 3, 7, and 14, for each group. All of these results are representative of three independent experiments. when compared with the GM group; ^# when compared with the GM group. GM: growth medium.

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