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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2011 Feb 26;7(6):2428–2436. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.02.035

Fig 1.

Fig 1

Rheological mechanical testing of (A) collagen gels and (B) dialyzed collagen at different collagen to DS-SILY molar ratios. (A) Addition of DS-SILY at a molar ratio of 30:1 and 10:1 Collagen:DS-SILY significantly increased the G′ of collagen gels compared to collagen control and 50:1 Collagen:DS-SILY. However, further increasing the concentration of DS-SILY to 1:1 resulted in inhibition of collagen fibrillogenesis. *Comparison with collagen control, p<0.05. †Comparison with 50:1 Collagen:DS-SILY. (B) The G′ values of DS-SILY incorporated dialyzed collagen at 30:1 and 10:1 (Collagen:DS-SILY) molar ratios were significantly greater (p < 0.05) compared to the dialyzed collagen control group. Furthermore, the G′ values of DS-SILY incorporated dialyzed collagen at 30:1 were significantly higher (p < 0.05) compared to 10:1 (Collagen:DS-SILY).