Journal: Cells
Article Title: Hyaluronic Acid Induction Promotes the Differentiation of Human Neural Crest-like Cells into Periodontal Ligament Stem-like Cells
doi: 10.3390/cells12232743
Figure Lengend Snippet: Upregulated expression of HA-related genes during the differentiation of iNCs into iPDLSCs. ( A – C ) Heat maps of gene expression data from the microarray analyses of iNCs and iPDLSCs for all genes ( A ), ECM-related genes ( B ), and HA-related genes ( C ). Upregulated genes are represented in red, and downregulated genes are represented in green. ( D ) GO enrichment analysis using the DAVID bioinformatics resources and based on >2-fold altered expression between iPDLSCs and iNCs. Data portray the top 15 significant terms ranked by the enrichment factor. The term ‘ECM-receptor interaction’ included 30 genes. ( E , F ) qPCR analysis of expression levels of five HA-related genes ( CD44 , ACAN , ITIH3 , HAS3 , and HAPLN1 ) in iNCs and iPDLSCs ( E ) and in SK-N-SH cells and SK-PDLSCs (F). β-Actin was used as an internal standard. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 3); * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: RNA was labelled using a one-colour Low Input QuickAmp Labeling Kit (Agilent Technologies) and hybridised to a SurePrint G3 Human Gene Expression Microarray v3 (8 × 60 Kb; Agilent Technologies).
Techniques: Expressing, Microarray, Standard Deviation