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. 2020 Nov 11;8:585799. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.585799

TABLE 4.

Summary of the bone healing simulations and their characteristics.

Simulation name Scaffold configuration Figure Latency period Graft stimulatory effects Surface guidance features
Baseline model Soft 5D 4B (2)* No None None
Non-stimulated bone regeneration model Soft 5E Yes None None
Graft stimulatory effect on cell migration Soft 6A 4B (3)* Yes Osteoconductive None
Graft stimulatory effect on cell proliferation Soft 6B 4B (4)* Yes Osteoconductive None
Graft stimulatory effect on cell differentiation Soft 6C Yes Osteoinductive None
Combined graft osteoconductive and osteoinductive effects Soft 6D 4B (5)* Yes Osteoconductive + osteoinductive None
Bone graft-contained progenitor cells Soft 6E 4B (6)* Yes Initial seeding of progenitor cells None
Combined bone graft-contained progenitor cells with osteoconductive and osteoinductive effects Soft 6F 4B (7)* Yes Osteoconductive + osteoinductive + initial seeding of progenitor cells None
Surface-guided migration with non-stimulated bone regeneration Soft 7A Yes None Surface-guided migration
Surface ECM deposition with non-stimulated bone regeneration Soft 7B Yes None Surface ECM deposition
Surface-guided migration with bone graft osteoconductive effects Soft 7C Yes Osteoconductive Surface-guided migration
Surface ECM deposition with bone graft osteoconductive effects Soft 7D 4B (8)* Yes Osteoconductive Surface ECM deposition
Surface ECM deposition with bone graft osteoconductive effects Stiff 8B Yes Osteoconductive Surface ECM deposition

*The number in parentheses refers to the bar chart reference number for the simulation case on Figure 4B.