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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 3.

Fig 3

Thymus mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) increase the force production of self-organized cardiac tissue fibers. Self-organized cardiac tissue fiber force production was measured by an optical force transducer. The addition of thymus mesenchymal stromal cells significantly augmented force production at all numbers shown here (n = 5/group; p < 0.05). The addition of 500,000 mesenchymal stromal cells abrogated all force production.