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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2008 Jan 28;149(1):47–56. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.788

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Mechanical properties of engineered cartilage constructs as a function of culture time. Equilibrium Young’s modulus of samples increased with culture time in both growth factor conditions (p<0.001). By Day 42, the TGF-β1/IGF-I cultures showed a significant increase compared to TGF-β1 cultures of Day 42 (p<0.05). Values are mean ± SD (n=4).