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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2011 Jan 25;96(4):682–692. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.33024

TABLE II.

Effect of Immobilized GAGs on Total Mk Fraction

	Total Mk Fraction (%)
Culture Surface	Day 7	Day 11	Day 14	Day 17
Polystyrene control	16.8 ± 3.8	37.8 ± 9.8	69.7 ± 2.9	70.3 ± 1.2
Chitosan control	18.3 ± 4.1	43.4 ± 14.2	75.0 ± 2.5^a	72.9 ± 5.1
Heparin	19.7 ± 4.9	45.5 ± 18.1	78.3 ± 5.5^a	69.7 ± 8.0
Dermatan sulfate	18.3 ± 3.4	47.4 ± 19.5	76.9 ± 3.4^a	72.8 ± 4.5
Hyaluronan	19.9 ± 6.1	42.7 ± 16.1	73.9 ± 2.2^a	69.2 ± 2.1
Heparan sulfate	20.2 ± 5.1	47.5 ± 19.8	76.5 ± 2.0^a	69.2 ± 4.7

^a

Comparison with polystyrene surface, p < 0.05.