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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 4:

Impact of serum containing media and the effect of DEX on the functional properties of MSC-laden constructs (mean ± SD; n = 4/group).

	4w				8w

	Serum			CM+	Serum		CM+

	TGF-/DEX+	TGF+/DEX-	TGF+/DEX+		TGF+/DEX-	TGF+/DEX+
E_Y (kPa)	0	0	0	231 ± 26	0	21 ± 10	426 ± 128
\|G*\| (kPa)	95 ± 21	0	123 ± 33	2208 ± 162	284 ± 63	916 ± 247	3330 ± 603
Diameter (mm)	3.0 ± 0.0	1 ± 0.0	2.4 ± 0.1	4 ± 0.0	3.8 ± 0.0	3.9 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.0

GAG (%WW)	0.2 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.4	2.9 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.7
GAG (μg/const)	15.4 ±3.7	11.6 ± 2.5	26.1 ± 1.6	795 ± 16.3	193 ± 35	524 ± 92	1247 ± 209

COL (%WW)	0.8 ± 0.9	3.2 ± 1.7	2.0 ± 1.5	2.1 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.4	2.8 ± 0.6
COL (μg/const)	48 ± 37	45 ± 20	86 ± 38	581 ± 193	654 ± 184	647 ± 95	757 ± 154