Fig. 2From: The role of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the proliferation of gold nanoparticle-treated human periodontal ligament stem cellsCell viability of hPDLSCs. a hPDLSCs treated with AuNPs, β-catenin siRNA, or AuNPs in combination with siRNA. b LRP5 shRNA plasmid either in combination with AuNPs or without; hPDLSCs cultured only with AuNPs significantly higher in proliferation after 48 h compared to 96 h. hPDLSCs treated with serum-free medium as control in both assays. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. AuNP gold nanoparticle, shRNA short hairpin RNA, siRNA small interfering RNABack to article page