Article
Comparison of phenotypic characterization between "alginate bead" and "pellet" culture systems as chondrogenic differentiation models for human mesenchymal stem cells.
Yonsei medical journal - 31 Oct 2004
Yang Ick Hwan, Kim Su Hyang, Kim Yun Hee, Sun Hyun Jin, Kim Sung Jae, Lee Jin Woo
Abstract excerpt
Chondrogenesis involves the recruitment of mesenchymal cells to differentiate into chondroblasts, and also the cells must synthesize a cartilage-specific extracellular matrix. There were two representative culture systems that promoted the chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. These systems were adaptations of the "pellet" culture system, which was originally described as a method for...
Topics
- Adult
- Alginates
- Cell Differentiation
- Chondrogenesis
- Collagen
- Glucuronic Acid
- Hexuronic Acids
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Phenotype
