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. 2019 Jun 25;9:9243. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45502-7

Figure 4.

Figure 4

miR-20a inhibits autophagy activity during chondrogenic differentiation. (A) mRNA expression of miR-20a in eight groups after transfection of miRNA reagents, addition of an autophagy inhibitor or their combination under inducing culture. (B,C) Western blotting results of autophagy-related proteins, including LC3-II/I, p-Bcl-2, and p62, and the chondrogenic marker protein col2. Comparisons between each of the two groups were analysed using Dunnett’s test. (D,E) Immunofluorescent assay of col2 and quantification by ImageJ. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. *Without a connecting line is compared to the control group.