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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2012 Jul 21;5(4):463–473. doi: 10.1007/s12195-012-0242-y

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effects of cyclic strain on angiogenesis. A-B. Representative pictures of HUVEC-coated dextran microcarrier beads at day 5 in 3D angiogenesis assay under strained (left) and static (right) conditions. C. Normalized network lengths of strained and unstrained capillaries. Data for each condition were normalized to the day 2 unstrained condition. No significant differences were observed between the strained and unstrained conditions at each time point. D. A significant decrease in average sprout angle was observed in the strained conditions (relative to unstrained) for all time points. Random alignment corresponds to an average angle of 45 degrees, while perfect alignment in the direction of strain corresponds to 0 degrees. Data reported as mean +/− S.E.M. Scale bars 100 microns.