Fig. 3
From: Hyaluronan induces odontoblastic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells via CD44
HA induces expression of DSPP and DMP-1 in DPSCs. a DPSCs were treated with HA (10 μg/mL) for 24 h, and then the mRNA levels of DMP-1, DSPP, BMP2, and BMP4 were measured using relative quantitative real-time PCR. b Protein levels of DSPP and DMP-1 were determined by western blotting. BMP bone morphogenetic protein, DMP-1 dentin matrix protein-1, DPSCs dental pulp stem cells, DSPP dentin sialophosphoprotein, HA hyaluronic acid, mRNA messenger RNA