Fig. 6From: MiR-218 affects hypertrophic differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells during chondrogenesis via targeting RUNX2, MEF2C, and COL10A1miR-218 reduces expression of hypertrophy-related markers during chondrogenesis of MSC. MSC (N = 4–5 donors) were transfected with miR-218 (gray), or with a control non-targeting miR (NC, black) mimic at day 0 and subjected to chondrogenic differentiation for 28 days; mRNA expression for indicated genes was monitored at indicated time points by qRT-PCR. Levels of mRNA expression were normalized to a geomean of HPRT, CPSF6, and RPL13; mean values ± SD are shown; *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01; NC vs miR281; two-tailed t testBack to article page