Articular cartilage repair in rabbits by using suspensions of allogenic chondrocytes in alginate
Articular cartilage repair in rabbits by using suspensions of allogenic chondrocytes in alginate
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DOI:
10.1016/s0142-9612(99)00241-0
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发表时间:
2000-04-01
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14
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Vittur, F
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作者:
Fragonas, E;Valente, M;Vittur, F
The feasibility of allogenic implants of chondrocytes in alginate gels was tested for the reconstruction in vivo of artificially full-thickness-damaged articular rabbit cartilage. The suspensions of chondrocytes in alginate were gelled by the addition of calcium chloride solution directly into the defects giving in situ a construct perfectly inserted and adherent to the subchondral bone and to the walls of intact cartilage. The tissue repair was controlled at 1, 2, 4 and 6 months after the implant by NMR microscopy, synchrotron radiation induced X-ray emission to map the sulfur of glycosaminoglycans and by histochemistry. Practically a complete repair of the defect was observed 4-6 months from the implant of the chondrocytes with the recovery of a normal tissue structure. Controls in which Ca-alginate alone was implanted developed only a fibrous cartilage. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.