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. 2020 Feb 4;19(1):194–202. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2020.92830

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Fibroblast caspase-3/7 activity after different exposure times to hemostats. Human stromal fibroblasts were exposed to hemostats placed in their medium for 5–10 (A), 30 (B), or 60 minutes (min) (C) or continuously over 24 hours (h) (D). Caspase-3 and -7 activity was analyzed as an indirect measurement for apoptosis. None of the applied hemostats caused significant apoptosis at the given exposure times (A–D). Two-way ANOVA with 2-stage step-up method of Benjamini, Krieger and Yekutieli was applied (q = 0.05, n = 5–7/experimental group)