Review Article

Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: A New Path in Articular Cartilage Defect Management?

Table 1

Media for the chondrogenic differentiation of ASCs.

Basal mediumSupplements

(1)DMEM + 1% FCS(i) TGF- 1 (10 ng/mL)
(ii) ASAP (50 nM)
(iii) Insulin (6.25  g/mL)

(2)DMEM(i) TGF- 3
(ii) Albumin (1.25  g/mL)
(iii) Dexamethasone (10–7 M)
(iv) Ascorbic acid
(v) Transferrin (6.25  g/mL)
(vi) Insulin (6.25  g/mL)

(3)OriCell(i) TGF- 3
(ii) Dexamethasone
(iii) Ascorbic acid
(iv) ITS cell culture supplement
(v) Sodium pyruvate
(vi) Proline

According to (1) Zuk et al., [10] (2) Baptista et al., [11] (3) OriCell (Cyagen, GUXMX-90041, Santa Clara, CA, USA).
ASAP: ascorbate-2-phosphate; DMEM: Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium; FCS: fetal calf serum; TGF: transforming growth factor.