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Journal for Biophysical Chemistry

Figure 2 | Biointerphases

Figure 2

From: The effect of high vacuum on the mechanical properties and bioactivity of collagen fibril matrices

Figure 2

(a) Representative image of A10 vSMCs labeled with Texas Red maleimide after incubation for 24 h on collagen fibril matrices that have experienced low vacuum (LV, 1 kPa to 10 kPa) for approximately 6 h. (b) Histogram of cell areas and (c) mean cell areas of A10 vSMC incubated on untreated, dehydrated (both from Figure 1), and LV-treated collagen fibril matrices. Image scale bar is 200 μm. Error bars represent the standard deviation of at least three replicate experiments. All samples were made in 50 mm bacterial-grade polystyrene dishes as previously described [34, 37].

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