Figure 4. Effect of dexamethasone on the viability of chondrocytes within cartilage explants exposed to IL-1.

Cartilage samples were maintained in serum-free medium (low-glucose DMEM, 10 mM HEPES) lacking insulin, transferrin, selenium and in the presence of 1 ng/mL IL-1 throughout culture duration. Dexamethasone was added and maintained at a concentration of 10 nM.

From reference ¹⁸, with permission