Figure 1

The experimental setup to study the effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) on human joint capsule myofibroblasts. Seven different groups (a-g) were chosen in the study. Group (a) as the control was cultured without any cytokine or inhibitor. The cytokine or the inhibitor or both were added after 3 days of culture. On day 6, the MTT assay was performed and the three-dimensional (3D) collagen gels were released from the culture plate. After 48 hours, gel surfaces were calculated as indicated in Materials and methods. Diclo, diclofenac; IFX, infliximab; MTT, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide; RT-PCR, real-time polymerase chain reaction.