FIGURE 8.
Expression levels of pro-inflammatory and ECM-degrading genes in OA chondrocytes after 24 h. Real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction of OA Chondrocytes after 6, 24 and 48 h of monoculture (OA Ch only) or co-culture with 0.1 or 0.25 M ProtheraCytes®/well (+0.1 M PC and +0.25 M PC, respectively) in the absence (−INFL) or presence (+INFL) of inflammatory cytokines. Values are mean ± SD of measurements from 4 independent donors in 3 replicates. * = p < 0.05, **** = p < 0.0001. # = p < 0.05, ## = p < 0.01, ### = p < 0.001, #### = p < 0.0001 difference between −INFL and +INFL at identical conditions.