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. 2017 Sep 11;12:6721–6733. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S141888

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Representative images of adhesion (A, B, E, F) and viability (C, D, G, H) of ADSCs within scaffolds.

Notes: SEM images of (A, B [enlarged inset of A]) S/D scaffolds and (E, F [enlarged inset of E]) of DC-ECM scaffolds seeded with ADSCs after 48 h of culture. Confocal microscopy images of live/dead staining of (C, D) S/D scaffolds and (G, H) DC-ECM scaffolds seeded with ADSCs after 3 and 7 days of culture, respectively.

Abbreviations: ADSCs, adipose-derived stem cells; DC-ECM, decellularized cartilage extracellular matrix; S/D, hybrid composite scaffold of silk fibroin and DC-ECM; TGF-β3, transforming growth factor β3.