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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2014 Dec 31;103(4):1291–1302. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35383

Figure 3.

Figure 3

LIVE/DEAD confocal microscopy of C3H10T1/2s encapsulated in PEG hydrogels (Ai) and traditional pellet cultures (Bi) both exhibit > 90% cell viability (live cells; calcein AM (green), dead cells; ethidium homodimer (red)). Cell-cell contacts are reduced in PEG hydrogel encapsulations (Aii) as compared to pellet cultures (Bii). Representative images of frozen cell-laden hydrogels (Aiii) and pellets (Biii) were immunohistochemically stained for N-Cadherin (brown) to further illustrate decreased cell-cell contact in hydrogel encapsulated MSCs.