Fact versus artifact: Avoiding erroneous estimates of sulfated glycosaminoglycan content using the dimethylmethylene blue colorimetric assay for tissue-engineered constructs

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-236

  Zheng, C H ^a   Levenston, M E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrogenesis; Dimethylmethylene blue assay; Extracellular matrix; Glycosaminoglycan; Mesenchymal stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

1,9 DIMETHYLMETHYLENE BLUE; DNA; DYE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,9-DIMETHYLMETHYLENE BLUE; A73025; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; METHYLENE BLUE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CARTILAGE CELL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNEE MENISCUS; NONHUMAN; PH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BOVINE; CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLORIMETRY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MENISCI, TIBIAL; METHYLENE BLUE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84930631174     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v029a17     Document Type: Article

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