Fig. 5From: miR-34a promotes bone regeneration in irradiated bone defects by enhancing osteoblastic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells in ratsmiR-34a overexpression enhanced the ectopic bone formation of irradiated BMSCs. a Representative H&E staining of ectopic bone formation of BMSCs irradiated with 2 Gy or 4 Gy (B, bone; CT, connected tissue); scale bar of images on the left, 500 μm; scale bar of images on the right, 200 μm. b, c The percentages of new bone area to total area (BA/TA) of BMSCs irradiated with 2 Gy or 4 Gy. Data are shown as mean ± SD, n = 3; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001Back to article page