Effects of Extracellular Matrix on the Morphology and Behaviour of Rabbit Auricular Chondrocytes in Culture

Isolated chondrocytes dedifferentiate to a fibroblast-like shape on plastic substrata and proliferate extensively, but rarely form nodules. However, when dissociation is not complete and some cartilage remnants are included in the culture, proliferation decreases and cells grow in a reticular patter...

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Main Authors: Villar-Suárez, Vega, Colaço, B., Calles-Venal, I., Bravo, I. G., Fernández-Álvarez, J. G., Fernández-Caso, M., Villar-Lacilla, J. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361486/