Figure 5.
Traction force in MSCs isolated on TCP, AL, or NAL scaffolds. (A) Traction force maps for MSCS on 10 kPa polyacrylamide gels after isolation of on various substrates (dashed line: cell outline, scale bar = 10 μm). Quantification of total force (B) and average traction stress (C) after isolation on various substrates (n= ~10 cells per group, * p<0.05 vs. TCP, One-way ANOVA with Fisher’s LSD, mean ± S.E.M.).