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. 2018 Oct 23;8:15615. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33689-0

Figure 4.

Figure 4

c-Fos induces impaired adipogenic and osteogenic, but not chondrogenic, differentiation in 3H cells. Representative images of (a) oil red staining after adipogenic differentiation (n = 5); (b) Osteogenic differentiation: alizarin red staining (n = 5), ALP activity (n = 3) and RUNX2 expression (n = 3). ALP protein activity and RT-qPCR of RUNX2 expression were measured 7 days and 24 hours after osteogenic induction, respectively. (c) Alcian blue staining after chondrogenesis differentiation in pellet cultures (n = 3). (d) Basal SOX9 expression in transduced cells (no differentiation induced) (n = 3). (3H-Ø, empty vector transduced cells; 3H-Fos, c-Fos vector transduced cells) (unpaired t-test. *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001).