Isolation and characterization of side population stem cells in articular synovial tissue

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Autologous chondrocyte implantation is an established technique for the repair of degenerated articular cartilage. Recently, the detection of side population (SP) cells, which have the ability to strongly efflux Hoechst 33342 (Ho) fl...

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Main Authors: Miki Yoshihisa, Hosoi Yoshihiko, Kurashimo Shinji, Fukuda Kanji, Teramura Takeshi, Asada Shigeki, Hamanishi Chiaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/9/86