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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2012 Jan 26;33(11):3187–3194. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.01.028

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Biomechanical and biochemical properties at 4 weeks. Neocartilage was treated with chondroitinase-ABC (C-ABC), TGF-β1, or C-ABC and TGF-β1. (a) Tensile stiffness was enhanced by C-ABC and TGF-β1 treatments and additively increased for combined treatment groups. (b) Compressive stiffness was highest for groups treated with intermittent TGF-β1. (c) Combined C-ABC and TGF-β1 treatment synergistically increased collagen content. (d) GAG content was highest for groups treated with TGF-β1. Bars labeled with different letters exhibit significant differences (p < 0.05).