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Proteoglycan metabolism of equine articular chondrocytes cultured in alginate beads.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Jan 2000
Platt D, Wells T, Bayliss M T
Abstract excerpt
Equine chondrocytes were cultured in vitro for 30 days in ionically gelled alginate beads. The alginate polymerises into a stable gel in the presence of divalent cations (calcium), and rapid depolymerisation in the presence of a calcium chelator releases the viable chondrocytes. The chondrocytes maintained a spherical appearance for 30 days in culture, in marked contrast to monolayer cultures, which develop a...
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