Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Jul 15;17(12):1639–1648. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.07.003

Table 1.

Dimensional, biochemical, and mechanical properties of MSC-seeded MeHA and Ag constructs after 6 weeks of culture (mean ± standard deviation (SD); n=3–4/group).

1% MeHA 2% MeHA 5% MeHA 2% Agarose
mean ± SD mean ± SD mean ± SD mean ± SD
graphic file with name nihms132789t1.jpg Thickness (mm) 2.36 0.05 2.94 0.10 3.01 0.08 2.45 0.07
Diameter (mm) 3.66 0.06 4.52 0.10 4.90 0.16 4.12 0.10
Wet Weight (mg) 26.35 0.72 49.92 1.83 62.04 0.75 33.07 1.05
graphic file with name nihms132789t2.jpg DNA per construct (µg) 1.04 0.02 1.29 0.12 1.22 0.06 0.90 0.03
Collagen per DNA 167.40 45.50 124.78 40.56 203.46 75.80 499.68 142.89
Collagen per construct (µg) 176.17 49.49 160.66 52.55 240.18 80.85 444.79 132.61
Collagen %ww 0.66 0.18 0.32 0.10 0.39 0.13 1.37 0.41
GAG per DNA 707.73 54.25 800.47 99.27 1019.45 70.36 1058.92 73.77
GAG per construct (µg) 739.14 62.73 1024.67 107.62 1241.54 132.43 956.25 88.50
GAG %ww 2.81 0.30 2.06 0.30 2.00 0.20 2.89 0.21
graphic file with name nihms132789t3.jpg Eγ(kPa) 136.66 17.07 53.57 9.78 60.80 8.25 111.96 23.96
IG’l(MPa) 1.05 0.12 0.21 0.05 0.16 0.03 0.83 0.13
Tensile Modulus (kPa) 473.60 187.52 63.50 36.78 -- -- 991.48 162.25