Research Article

Histochemical and Molecular Characterization of Spongiosal Cells in Native Tissue, Two- and Three-Dimensional Cultures of Rat Aortic Valve

Figure 4

Phase contrast images of cells grown in 2D cultures of AV leaflets at 10x magnification. The cultures were maintained from P0 to P3; change in cell size with increase in passage number is visible. Scale bar is 100 μm.