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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Sep;90(3):796–804. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.080

Fig 1.

Fig 1

Thymus mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) increase the rate of self-organization of cardiomyocytes. Thymus MSCs were added in increasing concentrations to 1 × 106 cardiomyocytes and allowed to self-organize in a custom culture dish. (A) Day 2 after plating, fibers containing more MSCs were more self-organized as compared with controls without MSCs. (B) Graphic representation of self-organization as a function of time and number of MSCs. Fibers with more MSCs self-organized more rapidly (n = 3/group).