Characterisation of an articular cartilage progenitor cell

G. P. Dowthwaite*, J. C. Bishop, S. Boyer, B. Thomson, M. Smith, C. W. Archer

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Abstract

The identification and characterization of articular cartilage progenitor cell, which enabled the rapid culture of undifferentiated chondrocytes, were discussed. Chondrocytes were isolated from the surface, middle and deep zones of 7-day old bovine metacarpophalangeal joints by fine dissection and enzyme dissection. Also, colonies of chondrocytes consisting of more than 32 cells were counted at 10 days after differential adhesion and a colony forming efficiency (CFE) was also calculated. At 10 days, the CFE and colony size of surface zone chondrocytes initially cultured on fibronectin for 20 minutes was found to be greater than that of all other samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages78
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
EventThird Smith and Nephew International Symposium - Translating Tissue Engineering into Products - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 13 Oct 200216 Oct 2002

Conference

ConferenceThird Smith and Nephew International Symposium - Translating Tissue Engineering into Products
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period13/10/0216/10/02

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