. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2012 Oct 4;9(1):4626–4634. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.09.037

Table 1.

Construct properties at t = 5 wk.

Cell Ratio (MC:AC)	Bioactive Treatment	Wet Weight (mg)	Hydration (%)	Diameter (mm)	Thickness (mm)	Cells/Construct (10⁶)

50:50	None	30.19 ± 1.49^A	87.25 ± 1.45^A	6.67 ± 0.10^A	0.61 ± 0.08^A	3.05 ± 0.40^A
	C-ABC	12.38 ± 1.10^C	85.47 ± 0.68^B	5.61 ± 0.11^B	0.33 ± 0.04^C	0.94 ± 0.23^B
	TGF-β1	17.35 ± 1.25^B	84.89 ± 0.66^B	5.72 ± 0.18^B	0.46 ± 0.05^B	3.28 ± 0.30^A
	Combined	10.16 ± 0.17^D	82.72 ± 0.64^C	5.08 ± 0.06^C	0.44 ± 0.06^B	0.86 ± 0.33^B

75:25	None	13.44 ± 0.80^b	88.40 ± 2.10^a	5.20 ± 0.11^a	0.44 ± 0.06^c	1.95 ± 0.18^a
	C-ABC	8.76 ± 0.16^c	86.80 ± 0.92^ab	4.68 ± 0.09^c	0.47 ± 0.09^c	1.33 ± 0.07^b
	TGF-β1	15.00 ± 0.52^a	86.02 ± 0.82^b	4.99 ± 0.10^b	0.79 ± 0.04^a	2.15 ± 0.41^a
	Combined	7.87 ± 0.43^c	82.00 ± 1.25^c	4.24 ± 0.06^d	0.66 ± 0.06^b	1.33 ± 0.11^b

Values marked with different letters within each category are significantly different (p < 0.05), with A > B > C.