Proteoglycan metabolism of equine articular chondrocytes cultured in alginate beads.

doi:10.1016/s0034-5288(97)90178-8

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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

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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...

Topics

Alginates
Animals
Autoradiography
Calcium
Cartilage, Articular
Cell Division
Cells, Cultured
Chondroitin Sulfates
Horses
Immunohistochemistry
Keratan Sulfate
Microspheres
Phenotype
Proteoglycans

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