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. 2025 Oct 7;13:1607469. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1607469

FIGURE 4.

The figure is composed of Western blot images and bar charts showing protein expression in 2D culture at 48 and 96 hours. Panels A and B present expression of COL2A1, ACAN, and HAS-2, with increased levels observed in HHA/BC+PRP samples. Panels C and D show expression of COMP-2, NF-kB, and MMP-13, also displaying notable changes under HHA/BC+PRP treatment. Protein expression is normalized to ACTIN, which is shown as a loading control. Differences between samples are highlighted, and statistical significance is indicated by symbols above the corresponding bars.

Protein expression levels evaluation by WB of COL2A1, ACAN and HAS-2 after 48 h (A) and 96 h (B) of GAG-based treatments. Protein expression levels evaluation by WB of COMP-2, NF-κB and MMP-13 after 48 h (C) and 96 h (D) of GAG-based treatments. Densitometric analyses were performed by normalizing each protein expression vs. ACTIN. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Statistical analysis was performed using a t-test: *p < 0.05 vs. pCTR; #p < 0.05 for HHA/BC+PRP vs. HHA/BC.