Figure 3
From: Comparison of Effects of Mechanical Stretching on Osteogenic Potential of ASCs and BMSCs
Effects of cyclic tensile stretch on the orientation of ASCs and BMSCs. ASCs and BMSCs of passage 3 were seeded at 2×105 per plate and cultured in osteogenic medium. A: After subjected to cyclic tensile stretch for 6 hours (1 Hz, 2 000 μϵ), ASCs presented a 90% confluence and an orientation perpendicular to the strain axis. B: ASCs in static controls and 2-hour duration group oriented randomly (magnification, ×100). BMSCs in mechanical loading groups (C) and control groups (D) did not present a specific orientation.
