Bone Formation from Porcine Dental Germ Stem Cells on Surface Modified Polybutylene Succinate Scaffolds

Figure 8

Confocal microscopy images of cells seeded on (a, b) unmodified; (c, d) fibronectin modified; and (e, f) laminin modified PBS scaffolds; (g, h) TCP after (a, c, e, g) 10 days and (b, d, f, h) 20 days of incubation. Red stains show actin filaments in the cytoskeleton of the cells stained with Alexa Fluor® 546 Phalloidin and blue stains show the nucleus of the cells stained with TO-PRO-3® Iodide. Scale bars (a) 194 μm, (b) 70 μm, (c) 133 μm, (d) 106 μm, (e) 170 μm, (f) 97 μm, (g) 69 μm, and (h) 186 μm.

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