Synthesis of human cartilage using organotypic cell culture.

doi:10.1159/000276453

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Synthesis of human cartilage using organotypic cell culture.

ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties - 1 Jan 2000

Bujía J, Sittinger M, Pitzke P, Wilmes E, Hammer C

Abstract excerpt

The limited supply of fresh autologous cartilage tissue for use in reconstructive surgery necessitates the use of vital banked allografts. A feasible in vitro production of cartilage tissue composed of living cells requires the use of modern tissue culture techniques retaining the phenotypic char...

Topics

Agar
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cartilage
Cells, Cultured
Collagen
Culture Techniques
Extracellular Matrix
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Phenotype
Proteoglycans

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