Isolation and Characterization of Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived from Hip Joints: A Comparative Analysis with a Matched Control Knee Group

Figure 6

Osteogenic potential of each type of MSCs. (a) Colonies stained positively with von Kossa and ALP as well as crystal violet. (b) Proportion of von Kossa and ALP-positive colonies in relation to the total number of colonies. Values are the mean and standard deviation of 6 donors. was no significant difference in the rate of von Kossa and ALP-positive colonies between knee and hip (Mann–Whitney U test, ). (c) Real-time RT-PCR. Gene expressions of COL1 and ALP in knee were significantly lower than those in hip (Mann–Whitney test, ); on the other hand gene expressions of RUNX2 and BGLAP in the knee were significantly higher than in the hip (Mann–Whitney test, ). The bar means standard deviation.

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