Fig. 2From: C/EBPα regulates the fate of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head by targeting the PPARγ signalling pathwayC/EBPα inhibits osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. a The specific surface markers of BMSCs analysed by flow cytometry. b–d The establishment of knockdown or overexpression of C/EBPα determined by RT–qPCR and western blot analysis, respectively. e, f Alizarin red staining of osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs in each group and quantitative analysis by ImageJ. g–i The protein or mRNA levels of osteogenesis-related genes in BMSCs. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05Back to article page