Fig. 3From: 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 regulates PPARγ expression and promotes fat formation. a–c The establishment of PPARγ knockdown or overexpression determined by RT–qPCR and western blot analysis, respectively. d–g Oil red O staining images after inducing adipogenic differentiation of BMSCs in different groups. The number of adipocytes in each field (100×) was quantitatively analysed. h–j The mRNA and protein levels of PPARγ in BMSCs transfected with OE-C/EBPα and shC/EBPα-1. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05Back to article page