| Literature DB >> 28203047 |
Sivaraman Arumugam1, Balasubramanyan Bhupesh Karthik1, Rajeswar Chinnuswami1, Yuichi Mori2, Hiroshi Yoshioka2, Rajappa Senthilkumar3, Rajmohan Mathaiyan3, Karthick Ramalingam3, Preethy Senthilkumar4, Samuel J K Abraham5.
Abstract
Graft failure due to de-differentiation of the chondrocytes during in vitro culture and after transplantation is a major hurdle in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI). We, herein, report the transplantation of autologous chondrocytes ex vivo expanded using a Thermo-reversible Gelation Polymer (TGP) in a rabbit model. A full thickness chondral defect was created in one of the knee joints in each of the six rabbits of the study and autologous chondrocytes in vitro expanded using TGP scaffold were transplanted after 10 weeks. H & E staining of the biopsy after 6 months revealed maintenance of articular cartilage phenotype.Entities:
Keywords: Articular cartilage; Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI); De-differentiation; Thermo-reversible gelation polymer (TGP); Tissue engineering
Year: 2017 PMID: 28203047 PMCID: PMC5293721 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2017.01.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Orthop ISSN: 0972-978X