Cartilage Damage Pathological Characteristics of Diabetic Neuropathic Osteoarthropathy

Figure 6

The expression of RANKL, OPG, and RANKL–OPG ratio changed under various concentration of glucose. Representative western blot bands (a) and analysis (b and c) of RANKL and OPG in chondrocytes under different concentrations of glucose. β-Actin was used as a reference for calculating the relative protein expression. Each group was repeated at least three times. The error bars presented as mean ± SEM with analysis of unpaired Student’s t-test. *, compared with the control group.

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