Figure 2.

miR-143 expression is downregulated during the osteogenic differentiation of hADSCs. (A) Heat map of differentially expressed miRNAs between differentiated and non-differentiated hADSCs. Green indicates low expression levels, and red indicates high expression levels. (B) RT-qPCR analysis was used to assess the expression levels of miR-143 on days 7, 14 and 21 post-induction of osteogenic differentiation. Data are represented as the mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. ^**P<0.01 vs. bM group. miR, microRNA; hADSCs, human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells; odM, osteogenic differentiation medium; bM, basal medium; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction.