Chondrogenic Potency Analyses of Donor-Matched Chondrocytes and Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Bone Marrow, Infrapatellar Fat Pad, and Subcutaneous Fat

Figure 3

Chondrogenic assessments of pellet cultures between donors. (a) Production of GAG/DNA in pellet cultures from chondrocytes (Ch), bone marrow MSC (BM), fat pad MSC (FP), and subcutaneous fat MSC (SCF). GAGs were measured after chondrogenic differentiation using the DMMB assay and normalised to the DNA content of pellets; each donor is represented in individual graphs. Data shown are the means the standard deviation of triplicate pellets. (b) Chondrogenic pellets from Ch, BM, FP, and SCF showing representative toluidine blue staining for each donor. Scale bars represent 200 μm.

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