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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Connect Tissue Res. 2016 Apr 29;57(4):319–333. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2016.1182996

Table 1.

Effect of reduced oxygen tension on in vitro chondrogenesis

Species Cells Differentiation Format GAG Collagen Mechanical
testing
Gene Harvest time Expansion
Passages and O2
Differentiation O2 Reference
Bo ACs Alginate beads + + N/A + d1, d3, d10, d17 None 2, 21% (54)
Bo ACs Alginate beads + + N/A N/A 2 wk, 3 wk P1 5, 21% 5, 21% (55)
Bo ACs Pellet = N/A +/− d14 P1 1.5, 21% 1.5, 5, 21% (56)
Bo ACs Alginate beads N/A N/A N/A = d2, d7 None 0.1, 5, 10, 20% (19)
Bo ACs Monolayer N/A + N/A N/A d4 None 5, 21% (57)
Bo ACs 5mm diameter disc in agarose = = d28 P1 21% 4, 21% (58)
Bo ACs, MSCs Electrospun PCL + N/A + d0, d14, d28, d42 P1-2 21% 5, 20% (59)
Bo ACs Agarose d7, d14, d21, d28 None 5, 21% (60)
Bo ACs Explant N/A N/A N/A d0, d1, d5, d7 None 6, 10, 24, 66, 91% (61)
Bo ACs Self assembling N/A 2wk, 4wk, 6wk None 5, 20% (62)
Ga SCs Monolayer + N/A N/A N/A 2wk, 4wk None 5, 21% (63)
Hu ACs Pellet + = N/A N/A d21 P2-4, 5&20% 5, 20% (6)
Hu ACs Micropellets + + N/A + d4, d7, d11, d14 P3 2% 2, 20% (64)
Hu ACs Alginate beads + N/A N/A N/A d1, d2, d4 P3 5% <1, 2, 5, 21% (65)
Hu ACs fibrin glue, genipincross-linked + = + d1, 2.5wk, 7wk P0 21% 5, 21% (66)
Hu ACs Alginate beads N/A N/A N/A + d5 P3 21% 5, 20% (67)
Hu ACs Alginate beads = = N/A + d21 P2-3 21% 5, 21% (68)
Hu MSCs Alginate beads + = N/A +/− d21 P5 21% 5, 21% (69)
Hu ACs Alginate beads + = N/A +/− d21 P2 21% 5, 21% (69)
Hu ESCs Self assembling + + N/A 4wk 1P* 2, 20% 2, 20% (70)
Hu NCs Pellet + = N/A N/A d21 P2 21% 1, 5.25, 21% (45)
Hu ACs MPEG-PLGA N/A N/A N/A + d1, d2, d6 P2 21% 1, 5, 21% (71)
Hu BM MSCs Pellet +/− +/− N/A +/− 4wk P2-4 21% 5, 20% (72)
Hu ACs Alginate beads + N/A N/A + d7,d14,d28 P3 20% 5, 20% (73)
Hu ACs Pellet + + N/A + d7, d14, d28 P3 5, 20% 5, 20% (74)
Hu ACs Pellet + + N/A + 2wk, 4wk P2 5, 19% 5, 19% (75)
Hu ACs Monolayer N/A + N/A + d3 P0-3 20% 1, 20% (76)
Hu, Sus, Mu AC explants Explants N/A N/A N/A + d3 P0-3 20% 1, 20% (77)
Hu, Rb ACs Type I and III collagen sponge + + N/A + d0, d3, d7, d14 P1 21% 3, 21% (78)
Rb Articular slices Explant N/A N/A N/A d7 None 1, 5, 21, 35, 60, 90% (79)
Rb ACs Pellet + + N/A + d3, d7, d21 P1 5, 21% 5, 21% (12)
Sus ACs Agarose + = N/A d21, d42 P1 20% 5, 20% (80)
Sus Fat pad MSCs Agarose + = + N/A d21, d42 P3 20% 5, 20% (80)
Sus AC explants Explant N/A N/A + N/A d6 None 5, 21% (81)
Sus BM MSCs Agarose + = + N/A d21, d42 P3 21% 5, 21% (82)

Green indicates positive results, red indicates negative results and orange indicates no effect on chondrogenesis due to oxygen tension.

Hu = Human, Bo = Bovine, Ga = Chicken, Sus = Porcine, Mu = Murine; ACs = Articular Chondrocytes, MSCs = Mesenchymal Stem Cells, ESCs = Embryonic Stem Cells, NCs = Nasal Chondrocytes, SCs = Sternal Chondrocytes;* p38 human ESCs used, 1 passage (P) thereafter.