Figure 5. Effect of MMP inhibition on CDL viscoelasticity.

(A) complex modulus, (B) storage modulus, (C) loss modulus and (D) tan delta of compliant, standard and stiff CDLs treated with 50 µM galardin in PPSW, SW, and AChSW respectively. The action of galardin was quantified by normalizing the maximum E* reached after galardin addition against the value just before the application of the chemical. The asterisk (*) represents statistically significant difference P<0.05 and the double asterisk (**) P<0.01.