Low‐intensity ultrasound stimulates the viability and matrix gene expression of human articular chondrocytes in alginate bead culture

doi:10.1002/jbm.a.30816

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Low‐intensity ultrasound stimulates the viability and matrix gene expression of human articular chondrocytes in alginate bead culture

2 Aug 2006

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We investigated the effects of low-intensity ultrasound (LIUS) on the activity of human articular chondrocytes isolated from osteoarthritis patients and cultured in the three-dimensional alginate beads. LIUS was treated at 0, 100, 200, and 300 mW/cm(2) for 10 min everyday for 2, 7, or 15 days. LIUS induced the viability of cells only at day 15 but not until day 7 after treatment, when examined by trypan blue...

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