Redifferentiation of in vitro expanded adult articular chondrocytes by combining the hanging-drop cultivation method with hypoxic environment

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 987-996

  Martinez, Inigo ^a   Elvenes, Jan ^a   Olsen, Randi ^a   Bertheussen, Kjell ^b   Johansen, Oddmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Hypoxia; Serum free medium; Spheroids; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

SCLEROPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANOXIA; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXYGEN; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 58149395902     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368908786576499     Document Type: Article

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