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. 2015 Jun 12;10(6):e0128434. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128434

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Fig 1 — Schematic representation of the location of the mechanically stimulated (MS) cell with respect to the neighboring (NB) cell layers: NB₁ is the first layer which is in direct contact with the MS cell; NB₂ is the second layer which is in direct contact with NB₁, and so forth. White line segment marks an apothem (a) of a hexagon.