Human Primary Chondrocytes

Description

Chondrocytes in vivo produce and maintain the extracellular matrix of the cartilage. In vitro, chondrocytes after serial passages as a monolayer culture have been documented to lose their phenotypic markers and become de-differentiated. Re-differentiation can be induced by culturing the cells in a 3-D culture system. These cells are useful in studying chondrocyte differentiation and effects of cytokines and growth factors on the maintenance of differentiated phenotype.