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. 2020 Sep 22;10:15469. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72158-5

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Optimized mechanical and pharmacological conditioning increases the expression of pluripotency markers in MEFs. (A) Immunostaining for Sox2 and NANOG in MEFs loaded under static, sinusoidal, or brachial waveform at 0.1 Hz, 17.5% maximal strain for 4 h a day for 14 days. Bar = 100 µm. (B) Quantification of Sox2 expression in MEFs after 14 days of mechanical load. *p < 0.05 versus static DMSO group. ^†p < 0.05 versus sine DMSO group. ^‡p < 0.05 versus brachial DMSO group. (C) Quantification of NANOG expression in the cytoplasm of the cells after 14 days of treatment. *p < 0.05 versus static DMSO group. ^†p < 0.05 versus sine DMSO group. ^‡p < 0.05 versus brachial DMSO group. (D) Measurement of NANOG expression in the nucleus of MEFs after 14 days of treatment. *p < 0.05 versus static DMSO group. ^†p < 0.05 versus sine DMSO group. ^‡p < 0.05 versus brachial DMSO group.