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Failure of in vitro-differentiated mesenchymal stem cells from the synovial membrane to form ectopic stable cartilage in vivo.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jan 2004
De Bari Cosimo, Dell'Accio Francesco, Luyten Frank P
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OBJECTIVE: We previously reported the identification in a nude mouse assay of molecular markers predictive of the capacity of articular cartilage-derived cells (ACDCs) to form ectopic stable cartilage that is resistant to vascular invasion and endochondral ossification. In the present study, we investigated whether in vitro-differentiated mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from the synovial membrane (SM) express the...
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