TABLE 6.

Post hoc comparisons summary for secreted TNF-α in hydrogel cultures. Bold indicates significant results

		Cross-linker concentration
Time	Culture type	0.005–0.01%	0.01–0.02%	0.005–0.02%
3 hr	(Mφ + VFF + hydrogel)	1.00 (n.s.)	−4.30 (p < .001)	−3.30 (p < .01)
3 hr	(Mφ + hydrogel)	1.57 (n.s.)	−3.40 (p < .01)	−1.83 (n.s.)
24 hr	(Mφ + VFF + hydrogel)	−2.61 (p < .05)	4.69 (p < .0001)	2.08 (n.s.)
24 hr	(Mφ + hydrogel)	−3.25 (p < .01)	1.24 (n.s.)	2.01 (n.s.)
72 hr	(Mφ + VFF + hydrogel)	−0.31 (n.s.)	−4.37 (p < .001)	−4.68 (p < .0001)
72 hr	(Mφ + hydrogel)	−2.16 (n.s.)	−0.67 (n.s.)	−2.83 (p < .05)

Abbreviations: Mφ, macrophages; VFFs, vocal fold fibroblasts.