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

Table 3:

Effect of DEX on the functional maturation of MSC-laden HA constructs at 4 and 8 weeks (mean ± SD; n = 4/group).

	CM+	C-C	C-D	DEX-	D-C	D-D

	4w	8w		4w	8w
E_Y(kPa)	198 ± 8	291 ± 83	26 ± 83	267 ± 19	286 ± 109	26 ± 9
\|G*\| (MPa)	1518 ± 96	2279 ± 382	921 ± 229	2125 ± 100	2507 ± 671	812 ± 66
Diameter (mm)	4.1 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.1

GAG (%WW)	3.1 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.5	1.5 ± 0.2	3.5 ± 0.4	3.6 ± 0.6	1.6 ± 0.1
GAG (μg/const)	1087 ± 49	1501 ± 310	484 ± 82	1120 ± 153	1027 ± 272	436 ± 43

Collagen (%WW)	0.9 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0. 7	1.2 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.6	1.6 ± 0.7
Collagen (μg/const)	325 ± 119	645 ± 269	381 ± 96	309 ± 104	524 ± 239	494 ± 180