Research Article

Golgin Subfamily A Member 5 Is Essential for Production of Extracellular Matrix Proteins during TGF-β1-Induced Periodontal Ligament-Fibroblastic Differentiation

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Depletion of GOLGA5/LG11 using siRNA construct inhibits TGF-β1-induced PDL-fibroblastic differentiation. (a) Although endogenous GOLGA5/LG11 was completely depleted (A), it was observed that cell growth was not disturbed (B). 1 and 2: undifferentiated hPDLSCs (-TGF); 3 and 4: TGF-β1-induced PDL-fibroblastic cells (+TGF). (b) Transcriptional expression of the representative PDL-fibroblastic and osteo/cementoblastic markers. ns: not significant; ; ; . Statistical analysis was performed using Student -test ().
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