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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Feb 8;22(3):325–339. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.01.014

Table 2.

Recent clinical interventions in musculoskeletal repair: cell source and delivery strategies

Cells Trauma/Disease Carrier Delivery Reference Comments
BM-MSCs Cartilage OA HA solution Injection (Wong et al., 2013) Microfracture and HTO

Saline Injection (Vega et al., 2015) Allogeneic

HA solution Injection (Vangsness et al., 2014) Allogeneic

Cartilage Defect HA solution Injection (Gupta et al., 2016) Allogeneic, placebo-controlled (HA only)

Osteonecrosis Saline Injection (through decompressi on canal) (Zhao et al., 2012) BM subtrochanteric from femoral head

IVD Saline Injection (Noriega et al., 2016) Allogeneic

HA solution Injection NCT01290367 Allogeneic

Synovial MSCs Cartilage Defect Collagen membrane (ChondroGide®) Mini- arthrotomy (Akgun et al., 2015) Cultured for two additional days on collagen membrane

None Synovial brush NCT02696876 Microfracture

Umbilical cord derived MSCs Cartilage Defect HA solution (Cartistem®) Arthroscopy (Park et al., 2017), NCT01626677, NCT01733186 Allogeneic, microfracture

ACL Defect HA solution (Cartistem®) Arthroscopy NCT02755376 Allogeneic

Nasal chondro- cytes Cartilage Defect Collagen membrane (ChondroGide®) Mini- arthrotomy (Pelttari et al., 2014), NCT01605201, NCT02673905 Cultured on collagen membrane, autologous serum

Abbreviations: ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; HA, hyaluronic acid; HTO, High-tibial osteotomy; IVD, intervertebral disc; MSC, mesenchymal stromal cells; OA, osteoarthritis

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