Figure 1.
Change in (A) wet weight and (B) thickness for superficial and middle cartilage explants cultured for 12 days with IGF-1 or TGF-β1. (C) Water content of day 0 (d0) and cultured explants. For each tissue layer, * indicates a culture group is different from zero (i.e. no change) for wet weight and thickness changes and from d0 for water content (p<0.05), and ◆ indicates d12 IGF-1 is different from d12 TGF-β1 (p<0.05). Mean ± SE; n=12–18.