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Fig. 11 | Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Fig. 11

From: The effects of human Wharton’s jelly cell transplantation on the intervertebral disc in a canine disc degeneration model

Fig. 11

Real-time PCR analysis. Real-time PCR was used to analyze the levels of the disc matrix components aggrecan, type II collagen, type I collagen, and SOX-9 mRNAs in the disc tissues from the CS, DS, FS, and TS groups. Expression was normalized to the average of the housekeeping gene (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) and the DS group. The results showed that aggrecan, type II collagen, and SOX-9 mRNA expression markedly increased in discs from the TS group compared with the DS and FS groups. *Statistical significance (p <0.05) from the DS and FS groups. SOX-9 SRY-box 9

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