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

Figure 7

Chondrogenic potential of each type of synovial cell. (a) The pellets from each sample were shown. There was no significant difference in the diameter of pellets between knee and hip (, Mann–Whitney test). Histological analysis was performed on tissues stained with Toluidine Blue staining and immunocytochemical analysis with type II collagen by tissue source and human chondrosarcoma for positive control. (b) Real-time RT-PCR. The bar means standard deviation. Expression of COL2 gene in knee was significantly higher than that in hip (, Mann–Whitney U test). difference.

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