Fig. 5From: Intermittent parathyroid hormone (PTH) promotes cementogenesis and alleviates the catabolic effects of mechanical strain in cementoblastsMechanical strain changed the morphology of OCCM-30 cells. a-d are representative images of the control group and the mechanical strain-treated group. a Four hours after cells being seeded on the plate. b Cells that grew for 48 h in the incubator, before the mechanical strain application. Scale bars: 100 μm. c The control group that was placed in the bending boxes but did not accept any mechanical strain. d The morphological image taken after 18 h mechanical strain. As shown in the representive images, the application of mechanical strain resulted in a tendency of cell realignment corresponding to the direction of the mechanical strain. The arrows decipher the direction of mechanical strain. Scale bars: 200 μmBack to article page