Table I.

Properties of printed 10% (w/v) PEGDM with 8×10⁶ cells/mL human chondrocytes cultured at different conditions (n = 3)

	Culture time (weeks)	TGF-β1	FGF-2	TGF-β1/FGF-2
Qa	1	10.87 ± 0.17	10.18 ± 0.24	11.02 ± 0.31
	2	11.07 ± 0.28	11.03 ± 0.54	10.80 ± 0.25
	3	11.21 ± 0.34	10.83 ± 0.07	12.00 ± 0.42
	4	12.03 ± 0.39	11.53 ± 0.17	11.55 ± 0.54
Mb (%)	1	90.79 ± 0.15	90.18 ± 0.23	90.92 ± 0.25
	2	90.96 ± 0.23	90.92 ± 0.45	90.74 ± 0.22
	3	91.07 ± 0.27	90.77 ± 0.06	91.66 ± 0.29
	4	91.68 ± 0.27	91.33 ± 0.13	91.33 ± 0.43
Compressive Modulus (kPa)	1	44.07 ± 6.72	40.05 ± 2.76	46.29 ± 8.38
	2	55.74 ± 8.23	56.45 ± 11.64	55.08 ± 9.34
	3	57.63 ± 17.50	58.55 ± 9.68	71.55 ± 21.64
	4	70.42 ± 14.95	68.10 ± 12.22	90.45 ± 19.40

^aMass swelling ratio

^bEquilibrium water content