Figure 3From: Synoviocytes protect cartilage from the effects of injury in vitro Chondrocyte gene expression. (A) Gene expression data for injured cartilage cultured alone or with synoviocytes. Data presented as mean relative expression across all time points for each culture condition (± SEM) * denotes statistically significant difference between pairs, + denotes statistically significant difference from baseline p-value < 0.05. (B) TGF-β expression was significantly affected by both treatment and duration in culture with a significant increase in expression in synoviocytes cultured with injured cartilage after 48 hours. Chondrocyte gene expression levels for injured cartilage are relative to expression of uninjured cartilage. Bars represent mean (± SEM), bars with the same letter for each pathology are not significantly different from each other, significance set at alpha (p-value) = 0.05, n = 6. Main effects or interactions were evaluated in the AOV table with a predictive F-value (Pr > F).Back to article page