Table 1 Expression of neural marker proteins in cultured dental pulp cells (DPCs).

From: Priming with FGF2 stimulates human dental pulp cells to promote axonal regeneration and locomotor function recovery after spinal cord injury

 

DPC-S (%)

DPC-FS (%)

P

Sox2

98.8 ± 0.5

97.4 ± 0.5

0.15

Tuj1

42.9 ± 2.8

38.4 ± 1.4

0.17

GFAP

98.1 ± 0.2

97.7 ± 0.2

0.75

MBP

98.5 ± 0.2

96.8 ± 0.5

0.14

GFP

99.7 ± 0.2

99.9 ± 0.1

0.35

  1. The percentages of cells positive for individual neural markers or GFP were evaluated with respect to the total number of cells. The values are expressed as the mean ± SE. Significant differences between the two groups were determined by Student’s t-test (n = 4).
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