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. 2022 Mar 22;38(5):665–677. doi: 10.1007/s00383-022-05094-2

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Analysis of dynamic decellularised bladders. Collagen content (A) was unchanged after treatment (p = 0.68); sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) was significantly (*p = 0.006) depleted after decellularisation (B). Mechanical characterization of the acellular matrix: stress–strain curves show the tensile strength and stiffness significantly increased in bladder extracellular matrix (BEM) when compared with fresh tissue (C, D; **p = 0.0113). Pressure–Volume curves are linear both in fresh and decellularised bladders, and showed that BEM were more compliant compared with fresh bladder (E)