Table 2. αB-crystallin dependent cell characteristics in rat L6 myoblast cells.

L6	Wild-type L6 cells	αB-crystallin overexpressed L6 cells	αB-crystallin knockdown L6 cells
Migration (μm/h)	7.2	5.8	20.2*
Area (μm2)	1.42×103	1.32×103	1.45×103
Radius standard deviation (%)	25.8	20.5*	39.2*
Eccentricity	0.822	0.759*	0.895*
Shape Index	0.319	0.382*	0.199*
Cell division(h)	23.8	84.2*	37.4*
Area of the layered cell at 80% confluency(%)	2.9	3.2	11.5*

*Significant, compare to wild type, n = 300.