Research Article

FoxO1 Overexpression Ameliorates TNF-α-Induced Oxidative Damage and Promotes Osteogenesis of Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells via Antioxidant Defense Activation

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FoxO1 overexpression enhanced osteogenic differentiation in hPDLSCs. PDLSC-pMSCV-empty (NC) and PDLSC-pMSCV-FoxO1 (ov-FoxO1) were cultured in osteogenic induction medium containing 0 or 10 ng/mL TNF-α for 21 days. Western blot analysis of Runx2, SP7, and FoxO1 protein levels after 21 days of osteogenic induction, with β-actin used as a control (a). The level of mineralized nodule deposition in hPDLSCs was assessed by Alizarin red S staining (b) and quantified (c). ; .
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