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From: Impaired smooth muscle cell contractility as a novel concept of abdominal aortic aneurysm pathophysiology

Figure 1

Graphic representation of aortic SMC contraction. (a) Left; ECIS 96e10e cultureware plate. Middle; magnified picture of a single well within the plate with a detailed view of the ten electrodes on the bottom of the well. Right; light microscope image of SMC seeded on the plate. (b) Representative images of a monolayer of control SMC prior to stimulation of contraction. (c) Representative images of a monolayer of control SMC post stimulation. (d) Representative images of control SMC contraction captured by time-lapse microscopy. T0 image depicts cells prior to stimulation, and T1-3 depict time points post stimulation. The outline of five representative cells is marked with dotted lines to represent the change in cell shape during contraction. Scale bar: 50 µm.

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