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From: Statin treatment increases the clinical risk of tendinopathy through matrix metalloproteinase release – a cohort study design combined with an experimental study

Figure 5

Construct mechanical data. Maximum force, maximum stiffness, cross-sectional area, maximum stress and maximum modulus of tendon constructs with or without simvastatin for 7 days. Control samples were treated with a low dose of DMSO. n = 5 different cell donors which are assigned different symbols. The line represent the mean. Data was analyzed with paired Student’s t tests (two-sided) and significance level was set at p < 0.05. The maximum force, stiffness, stress and modulus were all reduced after 7 days of simvastatin while cross-sectional  area was unaffected.

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