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From: Acquired contractile ability in human endometrial stromal cells by passive loading of cyclic tensile stretch

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(A) Schematic view of the experimental setup showing the side view of the Flexcell tension system and the top view of the Flexcell plate. Microscope images of (B) control and (C) strained cells after applying 7 days of cyclic strain. The white bar indicates 300 μm. (D) Quantification of orientation changes in the strained cells. Graphs show the angle of cells (300 cells from 6 independent experiments). The bars represent the mean ± standard error deviation (p-value was obtained from F-test; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005). (E) Schematic plot of the cell distribution. The red and black arrows represent the strained and control group, respectively.

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