Fig. 9

Morphologies of BMSCs adhered to the surfaces of different samples after 24 h of incubation, observed via (a) SEM, (b) LSCM, and (c) Live-cell staining. (d) Quantitative analysis of live-cell counts using ImageJ software (n = 3). (e) Proliferation of BMSCs on various samples, evaluated through the CCK-8 assay after 1, 3, and 5 days of culture (n = 3). *, #, △, and ◇ indicate P < 0.05, **, while ##, △△, and ◇◇ represent P < 0.01, and ***, ###, △△△, and ◇◇◇ indicate P < 0.001, corresponding to comparisons with M-Ti, C-SA, C-SLA, and C-SLAA, respectively