An ex vivo human cartilage repair model to evaluate the potency of a cartilage cell transplant

Abstract Background Cell-based therapies such as autologous chondrocyte implantation are promising therapeutic approaches to treat cartilage defects to prevent further cartilage degeneration. To assure consistent quality of cell-based therapeutics, it is important to be able to predict the biologica...

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Main Authors: Christoph Bartz, Miriam Meixner, Petra Giesemann, Giulietta Roël, Grit-Carsta Bulwin, Jeske J. Smink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-016-1065-8