Fig. 1From: Compressive mechanical stress enhances susceptibility to interleukin-1 by increasing interleukin-1 receptor expression in 3D-cultured ATDC5 cellsCyclic Load Stimulator and the experimental design. a) Cyclic compressive loading was applied to the 3D-cultured constructs using the Cyclic Load Stimulator (Technoview, Osaka, Japan) for 3 h. b) Schematic representation of cyclic load stimulator. c) Experimental design for cyclic compressive loading on 3D-cultured constructsBack to article page