Tissue engineering-relevant characteristics of ex vivo and monolayer-expanded chondrocytes from the notch versus trochlea of human knee joints.

Collectively, these findings suggest that tissue engineering-relevant characteristics of notch and trochlea chondrocytes are comparable ex vivo and after monolayer expansion. Thus, trochlea chondrocytes promise clinical potential and chondrocytes for ACI could potentially be generated from both notch and trochlea biopsy sites.