Human Cartilage-Derived Progenitor Cells From Committed Chondrocytes for Efficient Cartilage Repair and Regeneration

This study reports the derivation of a population of cartilage stem/progenitor cells from fully differentiated chondrocytes under specific culture conditions, which have the potential to reassume their chondrocytic phenotype for efficient cartilage regeneration. These findings support the possibility of using in vitro amplified chondrocyte-derived progenitor cells for joint cartilage repair.

Source: Stem Cells Translational Medicine - May 23, 2016 Category: Stem Cells Authors: Jiang, Y., Cai, Y., Zhang, W., Yin, Z., Hu, C., Tong, T., Lu, P., Zhang, S., Neculai, D., Tuan, R. S., Ouyang, H. W. Tags: Adult Stem Cells, Tissue-Specific Progenitor and Stem Cells Source Type: research