Creation of an in vitro microenvironment to enhance human fetal synovium-derived stem cell chondrogenesis

In vitro chondrogenesis of human synoviu

In vitro chondrogenesis of human synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells: Optimal condition and comparison with bone marrow-derived cells

✍ Shinichi Shirasawa; Ichiro Sekiya; Yusuke Sakaguchi; Kazuyoshi Yagishita; Shizuk 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 611 KB

There are increasing reports that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are present in various tissues other than bone marrow, including synovium. Here we investigated the optimal conditions for in vitro chondrogenesis of human synovium-derived MSCs and compared these cells with bone marrow-derived MSCs, es