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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2016 Nov 11;17(12):3872–3882. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00931

Figure 7. Effect of gel stiffness on mRNA expression in encapsulated cells.

Figure 7

(A) CTGF, (B) SHH, and (C) MMP14. Housekeeping gene: GAPDH. 1-fold: gene expression levels in cells encapsulated in soft (G′ ∼ 1kPa) gels at respective day of culture (i.e., day-1, 5, or 10). Gel formulations were identical to that used in Figure 5. Asterisks: **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.