. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 8.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2017 Dec 29;36(6):1717–1727. doi: 10.1002/jor.23815

Table 2:

Mechanical and biochemical properties of MSC-laden constructs with various media formulations at 4 and 8 weeks (mean ± SD; n = 4/group).

	CM+		DEX-		ITS/BSA/LA-		Serum+

	4w	8w	4w	8w	4w	8w	4w	8w
E_Y(kPa)	182 ± 12	480 ± 132	297 ± 23	211 ± 215	0	0	0	0
\|G*\| (kPa)	2181 ± 181	3835 ± 597	3009 ± 193	2527 ± 1330	151 ± 80	674 ± 241	0	0
Diameter (mm)	3.8 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	1	1

GAG (%WW)	3.1 ± 0.3	4.7 ± 0.8	4.2 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 1.4	1.1 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.8	0.4 ± 0.1
GAG (μg/const)	756 ± 67	1543 ± 275	951 ± 156	804 ± 490	62 ± 11	47 ± 9	14 ± 2	15 ± 8

Collagen (%WW)	1.7 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 1.9	2.5 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.2
Collagen (μg/const)	414 ± 89	1243 ± 795	559 ± 69	926 ± 292	102 ± 11	135 ± 22	11 ± 4	27 ± 5