Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 13 pp 12960—12986

Figure 7. LOXL2 (Lysyl oxidase-like 2) promotes migration and differentiation of keratinocytes. (A) Representative images of the scratch wound assay show migration of keratinocytes at 0, 12, 24 and 48 h in control medium, LOXL2 and the hAMSCs-CM groups. The histogram shows the migration area in each group at various time points. (B) The histogram shows the relative mRNA levels of keratinocyte differentiation markers, CK1, CK10, Involucrin and Filaggrin in the control medium, LOXL2 and the hAMSCs-CM groups. (C) Representative images (left) and histogram plot (right) shows western blot results of involucrin and CK10 protein expression relative to GAPDH in the control medium, LOXL2 and the hAMSCs-CM groups. The values are expressed as means ±SEM. (D) Representative images show the results of the scratch wound assay at various time points (0, 12, 24 and 48 h) on the migration of keratinocytes in control medium, Si-NC-hAMSCs-CM and Si-LOXL2-hAMSCs-CM groups. The histogram plot shows the quantification of the cell migration area in each group at various time points. Note: ****p < 0.001; ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05