Research Article

Isolation and Characterization of Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived from Hip Joints: A Comparative Analysis with a Matched Control Knee Group

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Adipogenic potential about each synovial cell. (a) Colonies staining positively with Oil Red-O and crystal violet in each cell. (b) Proportion of Oil Red-O-positive colonies in relation to the total number of colonies in each MSC. Values are shown as the mean and standard deviation of 6 donors. rate of Oil Red-O-positive colonies from the knee was significantly higher than that from hip (Mann–Whitney U test, ). (c) Quantitative real-time PCR data from 3 representative donors are shown. The bar means standard deviation.
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