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Fig. 7

From: A lithium-containing biomaterial promotes chondrogenic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells with reducing hypertrophy

Fig. 7

The chondrogenic differentiation of iPSCs with different Li+ ions concentration in 14 days. a Immunofluorescence of chondrocytes specified proteins (COL II, Aggrecan, and SOX9) and hypertrophic specified protein (COL X and MMP13). b The average fluorescence intensity of COL II, Aggrecan, SOX9, MMP13, and COL X proteins in each group, n = 5. c The relative genes expression of chondrogenic differentiation cultured with Li+ ions, n = 3. d The relative genes expression of hypertrophic differentiation cultured with Li+ ions, n = 3. Data presented as mean ± SEM. Scale bar = 200 μm. CTR: MCDM without any Li+ ions. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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Stem Cell Research & Therapy

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