Figure 1.

Culturing of osteocytes from mandibular bone.
A: Enzymatically digested bone explants in DMEM media.
B: Bone explants after 2–3 weeks showing one bone explants (*) and the cells emerging out.
C: FACS graph shows gating of E11 positively labeled cells
D.: Plated E11 positive cells expressing multiple interconnected processes similar to osteocytes (20× magnification)