Implant-type tissue-engineered cartilage derived from human auricular chondrocyte may maintain cartilaginous property even under osteoinductive condition.
Natsumi SakaYoshinobu WatanabeSatoshi AbeAyako YajimaHirotaka KawanoPublished in: Regenerative medicine research (2019)
In conclusion, adjacent iliac bone had no apparent effect on the maturation of cartilage in implant-type tissue-engineered cartilage. Cartilage retention and maturation even in the presence of iliac bone could have been due to a scarcity of mesenchymal stem cells in the bone and surrounding area.