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. 2015 Mar 20;12(1):877–884. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3524

Figure 3.

Figure 3

GTX protects BMP-2-induced osteoblast differentiation against inhibition by TNF-α; evidence from ALP staining and gene expression levels of transcription factors. (A) ALP staining assay revealed that 1 μg/ml GTX protected ALP activity against TNF-α-induced inhibition. (B–D) GTX (1 μg/ml) rescued the gene expression of Runx2, Osx and ATF4 following TNF-α-induced inhibition. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, n>3. GTX, gliotoxin; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; mRNA, messenger RNA; BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2.