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Figure 4

From: The matrix-forming phenotype of cultured human meniscus cells is enhanced after culture with fibroblast growth factor 2 and is further stimulated by hypoxia

Figure 4

Proteoglycan gene expression in monolayer and aggregate cultures from non-FGF2 and FGF2 expanded meniscus cells. Gene expression levels for monolayer cells (black bars) between P2 and P3 in standard medium (n = 3) and for cell aggregate (white open bars) in chondrogenic differentiation medium (n = 3) under normal oxygen after 14 days in culture. Gene expression for monolayer cells (light grey bars) between P2 and P3 in standard medium (n = 3) and for cell aggregate (dark grey bars) in chondrogenic differentiation medium (n = 3) under hypoxia after 14 days in culture. AGG, aggrecan; BGN, biglycan; DCN, decorin; FGF2, fibroblast growth factor 2; FMOD, fibromodulin; P2, passage 2; P3, passage 3.

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