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. 2020 Mar 31;10:5722. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62580-0

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of chondrogenic markers in cartilage gels. The 2-week cultured cartilage gels showed significantly higher levels of extracellular matrix gene expression, COL1A1 and COL2A1, compared to fetal cartilage progenitor cell group (A,B). The 2-week culture group also showed increased expression of other chondrogenic markers, ACAN and SOX9, albeit without statistical significance (C,D). COL10A1, a chondrogenic differentiation marker, showed increased expression over culture time (E). Statistical analysis done with Kruskal-Wallis test (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001) and number of biological replicates n = 5. FCPC; fetal cartilage progenitor cell, NC; Native cartilage.