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. 2013 Jan 30;11:27. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-27

Table 4.

Overview of selected literature

Ref. no.
Cell source
Sorting
Selective culture
Clonality
Potency
          Adipogenic Osteogenic Chondrogenic
[2]
degenerated IVD endplate
no
agarose
no
+/-
+
+
[3]
degenerated AF and NP
CD 133 +/-
no
no
+/-
+/-
+
[6]
degenerated NP
no
no
no
-
+
+
[8]
articular cartilage
no
agarose
yes (cluster)
+/-
+/-
+/-
 
(ACI surgery)
 
 
 
 
 
 
[26]
normal articular cartilage
no
TGFb1, FGF-2, PDGF-BB
yes (n = 20 clones)
20% of clones
25% of clones
60% of clones
 
 
 
 
2 A/O/C
 
 
 
[26]
normal articular cartilage
no
no
yes (n = 7 clones)
57% of clones
28% of clones
57% of clones
 
 
 
 
1 A/O/C
 
 
 
[28]
articular cartilage (knee surgery)
no
fibronectin coating, osteogenic differentiation in pellet culture
yes
+/-
+
+
[29]
OA cartilage
CD166 +/-
no
no
+/-
+
+
[58]
articular cartilage
no
no
yes (n = 53)
+/-
+
+
 
(ACI surgery)
 
 
17 A/O/C
 
 
 
[59]
OA cartilage
no
no
 
not done
-
+
[60]
normal, OA cartilage
CD 155+/CD166+
no
no
+/-
+
+
[61]
normal, OA cartilage
Hoechst dye 33342
no
no tissue immunostaining
-
+/-
+
presented study normal, OA cartilage, IVD W5C5 +/-W8B2 +/- no no +/- +/- +

+/- = differentiation either only by gene expression or only spotty distribution in Oil Red staining or mineral deposition or chondrogenesis.