Impact of human platelet lysate on the expansion and chondrogenic capacity of cultured human chondrocytes for cartilage cell therapy

High hopes have been pinned on regenerative medicine strategies in order to prevent the progression of cartilage damage to osteoarthritis, particularly by autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). The loss of chondrocyte phenotype during in vitro monolayer expansion, a necessary step to obtain suff...

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Main Authors: JG Sykes, JH Kuiper, JB Richardson, S Roberts, KT Wright, NJ Kuiper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2018-05-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol035/vol035a18.php