Isolation and Characterization of Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived from Hip Joints: A Comparative Analysis with a Matched Control Knee Group

• Main Authors: Akihisa Hatakeyama (Author), Soshi Uchida (Author), Hajime Utsunomiya (Author), Manabu Tsukamoto (Author), Hirotaka Nakashima (Author), Eiichiro Nakamura (Author), Cecilia Pascual-Garrido (Author), Ichiro Sekiya (Author), Akinori Sakai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose. To determine the characteristics of MSCs from hip and compare them to MSCs from knee. Methods. Synovial tissues were obtained from both the knee and the hip joints in 8 patients who underwent both hip and knee arthroscopies on the same day. MSCs were isolated from the knee and hip synovial...