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Progenitor cells from cartilage--no osteoarthritis-grade-specific differences in stem cell marker expression.
Biotechnology progress - 1 Jan 2000
Bernstein Peter, Sperling Ines, Corbeil Denis, Hempel Ute, Fickert Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Tissue engineering efforts for the fabrication of cartilage substitutes head toward applicability in osteoarthritis (OA). Progenitor cells can be harvested from the osteoarthritic joint itself, resembling multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC). Our objective was to analyze MSC characteristics of those cells in respect to the OA-related damage of their harvest site. OA cartilage was obtained from six patients...
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