Human articular chondrocytes - Plasticity and differentiation potential

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-67

  Tallheden, Tommi ^a   Brittberg, Mats ^a   Peterson, Lars ^a   Lindahl, Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autologous chondrocyte transplantation; Dedifferentiation; Redifferentiation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; HYALURONIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; RAF PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMUR CONDYLE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33947258470     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098947     Document Type: Article

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