Smooth Muscle Cell Alignment and Phenotype Control by Melt Spun Polycaprolactone Fibers for Seeding of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels

Figure 3

Fibroblasts cultures on aligned fiber (a) and on tissue culture plastic (b) for 14 days; cells are stained with calcein AM. SMCs orientated on melt spun aligned fiber (c) and cultured on chitosan film (d) for several days. The cells are immunostained for F-actin and DAPI nuclear stain.

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