Table 1.

Treatment Conditions, Response Measures, and Assignment of Constructs

Treatment conditions	Constructs/treatment condition/animal	Response measures (assignment of constructs)
Day 0 nonstimulated	3	Gene expression by qRT-PCR (n = 1)
		Gene expression by RFUs (n = 1)
		Linear stiffness (n = 1)
Day 7 stimulated	3	Gene expression by qRT-PCR (n = 1)
		Gene expression by RFUs (n = 1)
		Linear stiffness (n = 1)
Day 7 nonstimulated	3	Gene expression by qRT-PCR (n = 1)
		Gene expression by RFUs (n = 1)
		Linear stiffness (n = 1)
Day 14 stimulated	3	Gene expression by qRT-PCR (n = 1)
		Gene expression by RFUs (n = 1)
		Linear stiffness (n = 1)
Day 14 nonstimulated	3	Gene expression by qRT-PCR (n = 1)
		Gene expression by RFUs (n = 1)
		Linear stiffness (n = 1)