Fig. 5.

a, b Representative fluorescence images of FLIP experiments of a control and b 18αGA groups, performed at 24 h after the heat stimulation at 43 °C for 30 min. White asterisks indicate the location of target cell. Bars = 50 μm. a Control tenocytes treated with DMSO (vehicle) only. b Tenocytes treated with 18αGA. c, d Intercellular and intracellular diffusion coefficients obtained from FLIP experiments. Open circles indicate the values identified by outliers based on statistical criterion and were included in statistical analyses. *P < 0.05 and ***P < 0.001