Towards a Biohybrid Lung: Endothelial Cells Promote Oxygen Transfer through Gas Permeable Membranes

Figure 3

Microscopic images of EC layer. (a) shows confluent polygonal cobblestone-like HUVECs after 2 h of static cultivation. (b) shows an aligned and stretched cell morphology after gas transfer testing with a maximal WSS of 0.15 Pa. Arrow indicates direction of flow (scale bar: 100 μm).

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