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Mechanostimulation changes the catabolic phenotype of human dedifferentiated osteoarthritic chondrocytes.
Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA - 1 Jan 2015
Halbwirth Florian, Niculescu-Morzsa Eugenia, Zwickl Hannes, Bauer Christoph, Nehrer Stefan
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PURPOSE: The treatment of cartilage defects with matrix-embedded autologous chondrocytes is a promising method to support the repair process and to foster reconstitution of full functionality of the joint. METHODS: Human osteoarthritic chondrocytes were harvest from nine different patients (mean ± SD age 68 ± 8 years) who underwent total knee replacement. The chondrocytes were embedded after a precultivation...
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