Low calcium levels in serum-free media maintain chondrocyte phenotype in monolayer culture and reduce chondrocyte aggregation in suspension culture

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1012-1024

  Gigout, A ^a   Jolicoeur, M ^a   Buschmann, Michael D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell aggregation; Chondrocyte; Chondrocyte phenotype; Suspension culture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY; INOCULATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 27544455133     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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