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MACSChondroDiffMediumisanoptimizeddifferentiationmediumforthegenerationofchondrocytesfromhumanmesenchymalstromalcells(MSCs).ItissuitablefortheanalysisorqualitycontrolofthedifferentiationcapacityofexpandedMSCs,or
invitrostudiesintotheprocessesinvolvedinMSCdifferentiationtochondrocytes,includinggeneexpressionorproteinprofiling.
DetailedprocotolsforMSCculturecanbefoundontheLibrarytab.
Chondrocytesplayavitalroleinthedevelopmentandhealingofboneaswellasotherstructuraltissuesinthebody.Therefore,chondrocytesarefocusoftissueengineeringresearchintodiseasessuchasosteochondrodysplasias,non-unionfractures,andosteoarthritis.Theelucidationofthemechanismsofchondrocytedevelopmentandregulation(chondrogenesis)remainsacrucialfocusinsuchresearchareas,andtheuseofoptimizedculturemediafortheefficientandreproduc
IBLegenerationofchondrocytesisrequisite.