Ex vivo physiological compression of human osteoarthritis cartilage modulates cellular and matrix components
Fig 3
Effect of compression on cartilage marker mRNA expression.
COL2A1 (A), SOX9 (B), Aggrecan (C) and ADAMTS4 (D) mRNA expression in uncompressed (left) and compressed (right) human OA cartilage explants by semi-quantitative real time RT PCR. Bars indicate medians, boxes 25% to 75% percentiles, whiskers Min to Max values.