Article
Dedifferentiated chondrocytes cultured in alginate beads: restoration of the differentiated phenotype and of the metabolic responses to interleukin-1beta.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Aug 1998
Lemare F, Steimberg N, Le Griel C, Demignot S, Adolphe M
Abstract excerpt
Chondrocytes cultivated in monolayer rapidly divide and lose their morphological and biochemical characteristics, whereas they maintain their phenotype for long periods of time when they are cultivated in alginate beads. Because cartilage has a low cellularity and is difficult to obtain in large...
Topics
- Aggrecans
- Alcian Blue
- Alginates
- Animals
- Cartilage, Articular
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Differentiation
- Chondrocytes
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
- Collagen
- Coloring Agents
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
