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. 2018 Nov 19;8:17010. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34718-8

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Histological analysis of chondrogenic ASC-pellet cultures under static and hydrostatic pressure stimulated (HP-stim) conditions. Static chondrogenic cultured pellets show an increasing amount of glycosaminoglycan (determined via alcian blue staining) and collagen II (determined via immunohistochemical staining) over time. In contrast, HP-stimulated pellets are negative for these markers but show uniform distribution of collagen I during the full culture time of 42 days. Static pellets also express collagen I, especially at earlier time points, but generally at the outer region of the pellets (indicated by black arrows). Scale bar: 100 µm.