Research Article

Directional Topography Influences Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Plasticity: Prospects for Tissue Engineering and Fibrosis

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Cell differentiation (7 days of culture). (a) Fluorescence staining for SM22α (red) and DAPI (blue) in the different wrinkle sizes of nano- (R1-R5) and microtopography (R6-R11) gradients, as well as in the flat PDMS control. (b) SM22α expression in ASC induced by TGF-β1 as the fold change of the unstimulated flat PDMS control. Black represents the flat PDMS control, red represents the nanotopography gradient, blue represents the microtopography gradient, and green represents R11; vs. TGF-β1-induced flat PDMS control. Values represent of 3 independent experiments.
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