Table 5.

The cell proliferation rate of the groups (χ̄±s, n=3, %).

Groups	Blank group	shPiezo1 group
0-hour stretch group	124.43±10.12	131.32±34.39
2-hour stretch group	125.78±12.29	123.95±12.41
12-hour stretch group	42.32±9.47a	103.82±19.32
24-hour stretch group	28.35±3.31a	101.23±6.82
48-hour stretch group	38.76±2.94a	103.234±10.11

^aIndicates p < 0.05 compared with other groups at the same time point.