Table 2.
Part 2 of the study; summary of the results (PG content, DNA content, PG/DNA ratio, and titration of safranin-O positive cells) for each sample at 2 and 6 weeks.
| 2 weeks | 6 weeks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | PG μg Mean (SD) | DNA ng Mean (SD) | PG/DNA ratio Mean (SD) | PG μg Mean (SD) | DNA ng Mean (SD) | PG/DNA ratio Mean (SD) | Increment (n times) of PG/DNA ratio (6ww/2ww) | % of Saf-O positive cells Mean (SD) | Bern score (range 0-9) Mean (SD) |
| DD + A | 4.97 (0.22) | 106.74 (0.95) | 0.04 (0.0001) | 345.47 (56.08) | 66.9 (0.74) | 5.13 (0.22) | 128.25 | 22.69 (2.98) | 4.67 (0.52) |
| GC + A | 6.84 (0.6) | 35.24 (0.30) | 0.17 (0.0012) | 611.48 (71.75) | 98.81 (0.79) | 6.23 (0.59) | 36.65 | 46.33 (2.87) | 5.17 (0.41) |
| WE + A | 7.5 (0.57) | 57.38 (0.19) | 0.14 (0.0008) | 483.41 (90.32) | 68.15 (3.08) | 7.05 (0.47) | 50.36 | 48.24 (12.49) | 5.5 (0.55) |
| DD + H | 4.72 (0.16) | 88.36 (0.57) | 0.05 (0.0001) | 141.77 (45.08) | 61.27 (2.19) | 2.35 (0.23) | 47 | 6.92 (4.38) | 4.33 (0.52) |
| GC + H | 6.09 (0.35) | 72.93 (1.31) | 0.08 (0.0002) | 165.72 (9.07) | 80.07 (1.51) | 2.02 (0.19) | 25.25 | 6.48 (4.44) | 4.5 (0.54) |
| WE + H | 9.78 (1.71) | 90.42 (0.46) | 0.09 (0.0002) | 260.87 (46.28) | 66.62 (2.11) | 3.96 (0.44) | 44 | 9.78 (3.64) | 4.67 (0.52) |
| DD + J + A | 15.44 (1.01) | 95.42 (0.37) | 0.16 (0.0011) | 895.01 (190.75) | 86.88 (0.41) | 10.34 (0.66) | 64.63 | 50.12 (9.12) | 6.67 (0.52) |
| GC + J + A | 11.86 (0.9) | 62.79 (0.23) | 0.18 (0.0001) | 1047.42 (244.93) | 84.39 (0.50) | 12.33 (1.11) | 68.5 | 51.48 (10.1) | 6.83 (0.41) |
| WE + J + A | 10.68 (1.21) | 82.92 (1.81) | 0.13 (0.0002) | 1728.44 (139.72) | 66.72 (0.93) | 25.83 (0.89) | 198.69 | 92.57 (11.19) | 8.67 (0.51) |
| DD + J + H | 17.32 (1.57) | 162.78 (0.69) | 0.1 (0.0021) | 611.94 (176.1) | 66.72 (0.65) | 9.02 (0.35) | 90.2 | 49.38 (7.65) | 6.5 (0.55) |
| GC + J + H | 17.58 (1.47) | 99.48 (0.63) | 0.18 (0.0019) | 662.47 (163.97) | 68.9 (0.94) | 9.66 (0.18) | 53.67 | 50.93 (7.46) | 6.67 (0.52) |
| WE + J + H | 5.48 (0.49) | 147.44 (0.74) | 0.04 (0.0008) | 989.36 (269.53) | 61.61 (0.53) | 16.01 (0.90) | 400.25 | 90.65 (8.31) | 8.5 (0.55) |
| J + A | 14.57 (1.01) | 66.9 (0.25) | 0.21 (0.0038) | 712.58 (118.43) | 66.81 (0.72) | 10.73 (0.55) | 51.1 | 51.89 (4.83) | 4.67 (0.52) |
| J + H | 22.82 (1.8) | 125.78 (0.84) | 0.18 (0.0017) | 641.62 (170.38) | 71.59 (0.72) | 9.03 (0.62) | 50.17 | 50.97 (8.56) | 6.5 (0.55) |
WE, DD, GC=adult cartilage sources (see text); J=juvenile cartilage fragments; A=agarose; H=Hyaluronic Acid scaffold.