Alteration in the differentiated phenotypes of cultured chondrocytes from human articular cartilage under various culture conditions.

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Chondrocytes produce proteoglycans and type II collagen as their main matrix components, which can also be considered to be indices of their differentiated phenotype. Each differentiation step occurs in accordance with the environment of each cell. The analysis of the properties of chondrocytes has mostly been performed in cultured cells. In this report, we examined the effects of the culture media and fetal calf...

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