Hydroxyapatite-Based Colloidal Gels Facilitate the Proliferation and Migration of Chondrocytes and the Adhesion of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2014/935689/figures/935689.fig.001a.svgz" name="935689.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Porcine chondrocytes attaching to the colloidal gel. Day 18 (degrading gel) 40x. Scale bar = 25<i> μ</i>m</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2014/935689/figures/935689.fig.001b.svgz" name="935689.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Porcine chondrocytes attaching to the colloidal gel. Day 18 (viscous gel) 40x. Scale bar = 25<i> μ</i>m</td></tr></table>

<div>Bright field microscopy of porcine chondrocytes cultured for 18 days on colloidal gels. In (a), the biomaterial gel has broken down. In (b), the cells are in between the colloidal gel and some cells are sitting atop the gel.</div>

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Figure 1: Hydroxyapatite-Based Colloidal Gels Facilitate the Proliferation and Migration of Chondrocytes and the Adhesion of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells 

Figure 1 | Hydroxyapatite-Based Colloidal Gels Facilitate the Proliferation and Migration of Chondrocytes and the Adhesion of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells 