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Table 1 Diameter of microencapsulated cell aggregates in 1.5% sodium alginate

From: Microencapsulation of cellular aggregates composed of differentiated insulin and glucagon-producing cells from human mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue

Sample

Diameter, time 0 (μm)

Diameter 7 days (μm)

CaCl2

BaCl2

CaCl2

BaCl2

Alginate 1.5%-hASC aggregate

310 ± 14

303 ± 23

459 ± 28 *

314 ± 15

Alginate 1.5%-IPC/GPC aggregate

302 ± 13

309 ± 12

468 ± 27 *

316 ± 9

  1. Sizes of microgels were analysed by ImageJ in at least 10 photographs for each n, n = 3, *p < 0.05