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Rapid and large-scale formation of chondrocyte aggregates by rotational culture.
Cell transplantation - 1 Jan 2003
Furukawa Katsuko S, Suenaga Hideyuki, Toita Kenshi, Numata Akiko, Tanaka Junzo, Ushida Takashi, Sakai Yasuyuki, Tateishi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Chondrocytes in articular cartilage synthesize collagen type II and large sulfated proteoglycans, whereas the same cells cultured in monolayer (2D) dedifferentiate into fibroblastic cells and express collagen type I and small proteoglycans. On the other hand, a pellet culture system was developed as a method for preventing the phenotypic modulation of chondrocytes and promoting the redifferentiation of...
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