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Influence of matricial molecules on growth and differentiation of entrapped chondrocytes.
Experimental cell research - 1 Aug 1993
Ramdi H, Legay C, Lièvremont M
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Primary cultures of rabbit articular chondrocytes have been cultivated normally and within three-dimensional systems using different alginate matrices. The in vitro proliferation capacity of the cells immobilized in the calcium alginate beads was investigated. The growth curve showed that chondrocytes are able to grow and to divide for several days inside the beads; in parallel an increase in protein contents was...
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