Table II.

Biomechanics and Gene Expression Data for MSC-Collagen Sponge TECs (Mean ± SEM) Cultured for Two Weeks Statically and with Mechanical Stimulation.

Scaffold Material	Cycle Number (Cycles/Day)	Stiffness (N/mm)	Collagen Type I	Collagen Type III	Decorin	Fibronectin
COL	As Fabricated	0.027 ± 0.0045	-	-	-	-
	0	0.053 ± 0.006	0.022 ± 0.004	No Expression	0.026 ± 0.006	0.276 ± 0.064
	100	0.050 ± 0.004	0.004 ± 0.003	0.024 ± 0.010	0.007 ± 0.002	4.40e-4 ± 9.33e-5
	3000	0.041 ± 0.005	0.076 ± 0.005	5.09 ± 0.735	0.052 ± 0.012	0.030 ± 0.005
COL-C6S	As Fabricated	0.025 ± 0.003	-	-	-	-
	0	0.057 ± 0.009	0.070 ± 0.022	No Expression	0.710 ± 0.218	1.94 ± 0.225
	100	0.080 ± 0.006	No RNA	No RNA	No RNA	No RNA
	3000	0.032 ± 0.003	0.600 ± 0.086	0.022 ± 0.003	0.005 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001