Clinical and experimental approaches to knee cartilage lesion repair and mesenchymal stem cell chondrocyte differentiation
Cartilage has poor regeneration capacity due to the scarcity of endogenous stem cells, its low metabolic activity and the avascular environment. Repair strategies vary widely, including microfracture, autologous or allogenic tissue implantation, and in vitro engineered tissues of autologous origin....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2013-01-01
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Series: | Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602013000400015&lng=en&tlng=en |