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The immunosuppressant FK506 promotes development of the chondrogenic phenotype in human synovial stromal cells via modulation of the Smad signaling pathway.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Jun 2007
Tateishi K, Higuchi C, Ando W, Nakata K, Hashimoto J, Hart D A, Yoshikawa H, Nakamura N
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the immunosuppressant FK506 on chondrogenic differentiation of human synovial stromal cells (hSSCs). METHODS: hSSCs were isolated from synovium of the knee joint and 2x10(5) cells were subjected to pellet culture in chondrogenic culture medium for 3 weeks with or without growth factors [bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) or transforming growth factor beta(1) (TGFbeta(1))] and...
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