Research Article

Adipose and Bone Marrow Derived-Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Express Similar Tenogenic Expression Levels when Subjected to Mechanical Uniaxial Stretching In Vitro

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mRNA expression level of different genes in AD-MSCs and BM-MSCs subjected stretching at 24 h and 48 h. The expression level of each gene was normalised with the level of average housekeeping genes. The value of fold change was presented as ratio of strained group to the unstrained group. Statistical significance () was represented by an asterisk () in comparison to the unstrained cells represented by the Y axis (indicated as 0.00). Statistical significance () was also represented by a hash (#) which is a comparison between AD-MSCs and BM-MSCs. , . .