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Table 2 Effect of drug treatments on cell alignment of different substrates

From: Contribution of actin filaments and microtubules to cell elongation and alignment depends on the grating depth of microgratings

Drug treatment

Cell alignment (°)a

Drugb

Concentration (µm)

FN-lines (1 µm line)

1 µm grating (0.35 µm deep)

1 µm grating (1 µm deep)

None

 

10.7 ± 7.7 (n = 106)

8.4 ± 7.4 (n = 103)

3.8 ± 3.0 (n = 133)

CD

0.1

10.0 ± 8.6 (n = 112)

8.7 ± 8.4 (n = 100)

3.9 ± 3.0 (n = 109)

0.5

20.2 ± 16.5 (n = 108)

8.5 ± 7.5 (n = 104)

3.8 ± 3.0 (n = 104)

1

28.2 ± 17.2 (n = 106)

17.4 ± 14 (n = 104)

2.6 ± 1.9 (n = 101)

Noc

0.04

21.7 ± 15.6 (n = 103)

18.4 ± 17.9 (n = 110)

6.8 ± 4.8 (n = 103)

1

25.6 ± 16.3 (n = 110)

23.5 ± 19.4 (n = 108)

24.0 ± 18.3 (n = 104)

  1. aCell alignment was measured at 12 h after seeding onto each substrate with and without CD or Noc treatment
  2. bCells on each substrate (FN-lines, the gratings) were treated with either CD (0.1–1 μm) or Noc (0.04 or 1 μm) right after cell seeding