Fig. 5From: Conversion of senescent cartilage into a pro-chondrogenic microenvironment with antibody-functionalized copper sulfate nanoparticles for efficient osteoarthritis therapyChondro-inductivity of B2M-CuS NPs. (a-d) Relative mRNA expression of Acan and Col-2 in chondrocytes after co-culturing with NPs for 7 and 14 days. (e) GAG deposition (visualized by alcian blue staining; blue color) in chondrocytes after co-culturing with NPs for 7 days. (f) Immunohistochemistry staining of Col-2 (brown color) in cell pellets co-cultured with NPs for 21 days. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, and ****p<0.0001Back to article page