Figure 8.
Tree diagram-based comprehensive analysis and pathway summary of selected potential signaling regulating osteogenic differentiation by cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs in vitro. For comprehensive understanding on signaling dynamic, tree diagram analysis of functional validated signaling was performed by tracking protein relationship at 3 timepoints during osteogenic differentiation (day 7 vs. 0, day 14 vs. 0, and day 14 vs. 7), comprising Wnt signaling pathway (A), Notch signaling pathway (B), and BMP-related signaling pathways (C). The diagrams illustrated dynamic changing of signaling components in cBM-MSCs (green box) and cDPSCs (pink box), while tree diagram connectors represented significant protein upregulation or downregulation by red or blue code, respectively. Yellow code represented unchanged protein level. All episodes were coded as #1 to #27. Numbers in the brackets referred to total protein numbers respectively expressed by osteogenic cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs in each episode. Summary of unique signaling relationship on osteogenic differentiation by cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs was illustrated (D).
