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. 2020 Dec 16;10:22047. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78987-8

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Contractile force generation by 3D tissue constructs engineered with iMyoD-hTERT-NHDFs. (A) Illustration of cell culture regimens. (B) Representative contractile force patterns generated by the constructs cultured using the two regimens illustrated in (A). (C) Temporally controlled, rather than prolonged, MyoD expression benefited as revealed from the comparison of the contractile forces. Forces were normalized to the condition in which DOX was withdrawn in the second week of 3D culture. The experiments were conducted in triplicate with 3 independent samples. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Statistical analysis was performed by t-test. ***p < 0.001.