Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 11 pp 10473—10487
p53 plays a central role in the development of osteoporosis
Figure 7. Downregulating p53 expression may protect against osteoporosis in vitro. (A, B) qRT-PCR and western blot analyses comparing p53 expression between healthy volunteers and osteoporosis patients. (C) Cellular morphology of hMSCs, scale bar, 50 μm. (D, E) hMSCs were treated with PBS, siRNA-NC, or siRNA-p53, after which p53 expression was assessed with qRT-PCR and western blotting. (F, G) qRT-PCR and western blot analysis of osteogenesis-related mRNAs in the three groups. Data are means±SD of triplicate experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.