Fig. 2.
3D culture in alginate favors expression of collagen type II by chondrosarcomas. Chondrosarcomas were cultured in monolayer, or embedded in alginate for 1, 2 or 3 weeks. Then, alginate was dissolved and RNA extracted. Collagen type II and type I, and COMP mRNA levels were assayed by real-time RT-PCR after normalization to RPL13 signal. Values are the mean ± SEM of triplicate experiments