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Substrate stiffness increases cell spreading of CAFs. (a) Representative optical microscope images of cells cultured on collagen substrates of different concentration. (b) Quantitative analysis of cell spreading using the circularity shape factor based on optical microscope images and (c) relative RAC mRNA expression assessed by real-time PCR. Asterisks indicate a statistically significant difference between compared groups (p < 0.05).
