Significance of soluble growth factors in the chondrogenic response of human umbilical cord matrix stem cells in a porous three dimensional scaffold

Stem cell based tissue engineering has emerged as a promising strategy for articular cartilage regeneration. Foetal derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with their ease of availability, pluripotency and high expansion potential have been demonstrated to be an attractive cell source over adult MSCs....

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Main Authors: RS Nirmal, PD Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2013-11-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol026/pdf/v026a17.pdf