Figure 6.
Designed bioreactor with the modified transwell culture system. (A) Elastic culture plate made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Under uniaxial stretching, the strain ratio of the two rows was 1:2. (B) Mobile supporting frame operated by a servomotor, which generates cyclic uniaxial stretching. (C) The modified transwell culture system. The HA hydrogel and EGCG-loaded hydrogel were placed above the permeable membrane of the transwell, while the TDCs were cultured below the membrane on the PDMS plate. Arrow: stretching direction.