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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2003;85-A Suppl 3:19–28. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200300003-00005

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Expression of ostoblast genes in a representative sample of cultured first-passage human marrow-derived stromal cells. Results of real-time polymerase chain reactions were analyzed as described in the legend to Figure 3. While dexamethasone (Dex) treatment increased levels of alkaline phosphatase (AP) mRNA at both day 6 and day 10, BMP treatment did not. Bone sialoprotein (BSP) mRNA was increased by either dexamethasone or BMP, and osteocalcin mRNA was unaffected by either dexamethasone or BMP.