Research Article

Optimal Pore Size of Honeycomb Polylactic Acid Films for In Vitro Cartilage Formation by Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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Analysis of numbers of synovial MSCs remaining in and passing through PLA films. (a) Experimental setting. (b) Images of MSCs remaining on PLA films and MSCs passing to the bottoms of the plates. DiI-stained cells were observed from above and image processed and are shown in blue. (c) Quantitative evaluation of cell numbers on the films, on the bottoms of the dishes, and nonadherent cells. Means and standard deviations are shown (). . values were determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test.