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Immortalisation with hTERT Impacts on Sulphated Glycosaminoglycan Secretion and Immunophenotype in a Variable and Cell Specific Manner.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Dale Tina P, de Castro Alice, Kuiper Nicola J, Parkinson E Kenneth, Forsyth Nicholas R
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BACKGROUND: Limited options for the treatment of cartilage damage have driven the development of tissue engineered or cell therapy alternatives reliant on ex vivo cell expansion. The study of chondrogenesis in primary cells is difficult due to progressive cellular aging and senescence. Immortalisation via the reintroduction of the catalytic component of telomerase, hTERT, could allow repeated, longitudinal...
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