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SUBMITTER: Hwang NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2692751 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hwang Nathaniel S NS Varghese Shyni S Lee H Janice HJ Theprungsirikul Parnduangjai P Canver Adam A Sharma Blanka B Elisseeff Jennifer J
FEBS letters 20070731 22
We investigated the biological response of chondrocytes isolated from different zones of articular cartilage and their cellular behaviors in poly (ethylene glycol)-based (PEG) hydrogels containing exogenous type I collagen, hyaluronic acid (HA), or chondroitin sulfate (CS). The cellular morphology was strongly dependent on the extracellular matrix component of hydrogels. Additionally, the exogenous extracellular microenvironment affected matrix production and cartilage specific gene expression o ...[more]