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Human chondrocytes proliferate and produce matrix components in microcarrier suspension culture.
Biomaterials - 1 May 1996
Frondoza C, Sohrabi A, Hungerford D
Abstract excerpt
Chondrocytes propagated in monolayer culture proliferate and change into 'fibroblastoid'-like cells. This change is characterized by a shift in production of collagen type II to I and from high- to low-molecular-weight proteoglycans. When propagated in three-dimensional culture, chondrocytes have limited ability to divide but re-express their original characteristics. The goal of the present study was to...
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