Figure 2

Effects of Si on mRNA levels of osteoblastic phenotypic markers expressed in hDFC. Expression levels of markers of osteoblastic differentiation in hDFC that were cultured for 1, 7, 14, and 21 days in the absence or presence of Si (25 µg/ml) and OIM. Presented are the relative values normalised to HPRT1 and to the control. Values shown are mean ± SEM (n = 3). *p ≤ 0.01.