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. 2018 Jun 4;8:8527. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26937-w

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Estradiol via ERα interacts with the canonical Wnt signaling pathway in 7-week old mandibular condylar fibrocartilage. (A) Heat map illustrating significant up- and downregulated genes in the canonical Wnt pathway. Z-score values were calculated by subtracting the sample mean from the raw expression value and divided by the standard deviation of the sample (B) qPCR gene expression of the Wnt inhibitor sclerostin (Sost) and the Wnt activators lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1 (LEF1) and Twist1. (C) Immunohistochemistry of Sost for OVX-Plb and OVX-E2 groups. All values represent means ± standard deviation. n = 6 for PCR datum, ^p < 0.01.