Fig. 3

Expression of tenogenic (a) and ECM (b) related genes in BATs after physiological (4%) or overload (8%) elongation normalised to unloaded controls. Significant and highly significant differences between 4% versus 8% elongation are indicated by * (p ≤ 0.05) or ** (p ≤ 0.01) or by # (p ≤ 0.05) or ## (p ≤ 0.01) comparing loaded BATs versus unloaded control BATs. Dotted grey lines indicate mean expression of unloaded controls