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Inner meniscus cells maintain higher chondrogenic phenotype compared with outer meniscus cells.
Connective tissue research - 1 Jan 2011
Furumatsu Takayuki, Kanazawa Tomoko, Yokoyama Yusuke, Abe Nobuhiro, Ozaki Toshifumi
Abstract excerpt
Meniscus cells have several distinct properties in cellular morphology and extracellular matrix production. Inner meniscus cells are considered to have more chondrocytic phenotype compared with outer meniscus cells. However, the chondrogenic property of each meniscus cell has not been elucidated in detail. In this study, we investigated the difference between human inner and outer meniscus-derived cells in...
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