Superior stemness of a rapidly growing subgroup of isolated human auricular chondrocytes and the potential for use in cartilage regenerative therapy

Introduction: In cartilage regenerative medicine, transplanted chondrocytes contain a mixture of populations, that complicates the regeneration of uniform cartilage tissue. Our group previously reported that chondrocytes with higher chondrogenic ability could be enriched by selection of rapidly grow...

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Main Authors: Reina Shimizu, Yukiyo Asawa, Makoto Komura, Kazuto Hoshi, Atsuhiko Hikita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Regenerative Therapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352320421001024