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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug 20;96(4):1442–1449. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.075

Figure 5.

Figure 5

A. Photomicrographs of ECs from the LPA, RPA and controls 3 hours after plating. Cells from the LPA (left) and controls assembled into a number of nodes and tubule extension had commenced as evidenced by thin structures between nodes. In contrast, cells from the RPA – at the same time point – had assembled into a well-defined network structure between nodes, consistent with a more pro-angiogenic phenotype. Number of tubes (B) and total length of tubes (C) were higher in the RPA than in the LPA (*p<0.05 vs. LPA).