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Re-expression of differentiated proteoglycan phenotype by dedifferentiated human chondrocytes during culture in alginate beads.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 27 Nov 1998
Liu H, Lee Y W, Dean M F
Abstract excerpt
The proteoglycans (PGs) synthesised by normal human articular chondrocytes and a chondrocyte cell line cultured in monolayer and alginate beads were compared. Chondrocytes became dedifferentiated after serial subcultures in monolayer, exhibited a fibroblastic morphology and synthesised a large proportion of lower molecular weight, dermatan sulphate containing PGs. When transferred into alginate beads, the cells...
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