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Figure 3 Cellular therapy.
A: Graphic illustrating the regeneration of a chondral lesion in vitro; B: Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) growing in vitro in a human osteochondral punch lesion over 90 d in chondrogenic medium with added transforming growth factor β3. Modified Masson staining shows the MSCs differentiating in the lesion (Magnification 2 ×, 4 × and 20 ×); C: Graphic portraying the technique of intra-articular injection of MSCs into an injured joint to treat lesions in vivo.
- Citation: Arufe MC, Fuente ADL, Fuentes I, Toro FJD, Blanco FJ. Umbilical cord as a mesenchymal stem cell source for treating joint pathologies. World J Orthop 2011; 2(6): 43-50
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v2/i6/43.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v2.i6.43