Table 3. Physical properties of properties of scaffold-free, engineered tissues.
| Control | IGF-1 [10 nM] | Insulin [100 nM] | Native Tissue | |
| Thickness [µm] | 168±17a | 463±50 | 470±52 | 506±18 |
| Elastic Modulus [kPa] | 13±4 | 22±2b | 20±2b | 100±19a |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31±0. 01 | 0.29±0.01 | 0.29±0.01 | 0.28±0.02 |
Thickness and mechanical properties of engineered elastic cartilaginous tissues. Data presented as mean ±SEM; n = 7–8/group.
a
Significantly different from all other groups (p<0.01).
b
Trend from control (p = 0.07).