FGF-2 enhances TGF-β1-induced periosteal
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Molly M. Stevens; Robert P. Marini; Ivan Martin; Robert Langer; V. Prasad Shastr
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Article
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract The use of periosteum as a cell source for the in vitro engineering of grafts for articular cartilage repair requires the development of methods to obtain high viable cell numbers in the early stages of culture. In this study, we demonstrate that the addition of a mitogen, fibroblast gr