Transplantation of aggregates of synovial mesenchymal stem cells regenerates meniscus more effectively in a rat massive meniscal defect

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 435, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Katagiri, Hiroki ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Tsuji, Kunikazu ^a   Horie, Masafumi ^a   Koga, Hideyuki ^a   Ozeki, Nobutake ^a   Kobayashi, Eiji ^b   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Chondrogenesis; Meniscus; Mesenchymal stem cells; Rat model; Stem cell transplantation; Synovium; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNOVIAL MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REGENERATION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878978933     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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