Fig. 3From: Transcriptional sequencing analysis reveals the potential use of deer antler for “tonifying the kidney and strengthening bone”Verification of RNA-seq data by qRT-PCR assay. The relative mRNA levels of the DEGs were quantified by qRT-PCR. A Upregulated genes. B Downregulated genes. Data were presented as the mean with standard deviation for technical triplicate in an experiment representative of several independent ones. The asterisk *, **indicate significant differences using the Student’s t-test with p value < 0.05, < 0.01Back to article page