Table 2.
Comparison of cell number, cell size and granularity of growth factors treated chondrocytes to control groups
Cell number | FGFb | TGF-β1 | FGFb/TGF-β1 |
EQ-F | 0.003 ↑ | 0.0004 ↑ | < 0.0001 ↑ |
EQ-S | 0.0031 ↑ | 0.0002 ↑ | < 0.0001 ↑ |
EQ-K | 0.1500 | 0.7494 | 0.0077 ↑ |
OV-F | 0.016 ↑ | 0.667 | 0.153 |
OV-S | < 0.0001 ↑ | 0.8037 | 0.0204 ↑ |
OV-K | 0.1223 | 0.4245 | 0.1249 |
BO-F | < 0.0001 ↑ | 0.964 | < 0.0001 ↑ |
Cell size | |||
EQ-F | 0.4983 | 0.4709 | 0.2509 |
EQ-S | 0.8786 | 0.0061 ↓ | 0.2194 |
EQ-K | 0.0033 ↑ | 0.4283 | 0.0008 ↑ |
OV-F | 0.0343 ↓ | 0.4044 | 0.9033 |
OV-S | 0.6132 | < 0.0001 ↑ | < 0.0001 ↑ |
OV-K | 0.4310 | 0.0041 ↑ | 0.0041 ↑ |
BO-F | 0.036 ↓ | 0.001 ↓ | < 0.0001 ↓ |
Cell granularity | |||
EQ-F | 0.0015 ↓ | 0.0514 | 0.0009 ↓ |
EQ-S | 0.0074 ↓ | 0.2470 | 0.0020 ↓ |
EQ-K | 0.0995 | 0.0098 ↑ | 0.0273 ↓ |
OV-F | < 0.0001 ↓ | 0.0996 | < 0.0001 ↓ |
OV-S | 0.0092 ↓ | 0.0005 ↑ | 0.1356 |
OV-K | 0.0008 ↓ | 0.3767 | 0.0009 ↓ |
BO-F | < 0.0001 ↓ | 0.6367 | < 0.0001 ↓ |
↑ : significant increase
↓ : significant decrease