Open AccessOsteophytes - an alternative source of chondrocytes for transplantation?
Author(s) -
T O Alonge,
Paul Rooney,
O.O.A. Oni
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28126
Subject(s) - cartilage , chondrocyte , transplantation , medicine , osteoarthritis , articular cartilage , matrix (chemical analysis) , anatomy , pathology , surgery , chemistry , alternative medicine , chromatography
The aim of this research was to evaluate the possibility of using osteophyte-derived chondrocytes for autologous chondrocyte implantation by comparing the behaviour of these chondrocytes with that of normal articular cartilage-derived chondrocytes in monolayer culture.