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Figure 6 | BMC Genomics

Figure 6

From: Calcifying vascular smooth muscle cells and osteoblasts: independent cell types exhibiting extracellular matrix and biomineralization-related mimicries

Figure 6

Pearson correlation plot of genes comprised within Gene Ontology (GO)-terms related to bone biology. VSMC/C-VSMC and MSC/osteoblast are plotted against each other to determine their degree of similarity based on (A) biomineral tissue development, (B) regulation of osteoblast differentiation and (C) regulation of BMP signaling genes. As a reference, VSMC/C-VSMC and MSC/osteoblast are also plotted considering (D) all expressed genes and (E-F) randomly selected genes. Dashed boxes highlight the correlation between C-VSMCs and osteoblasts at day 8-25. Average correlation values (r2) for this group of samples is shown within the dashed boxes; blue, negative correlation; red, positive correlation.

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