Skip to main content

Table 1 Patient characteristics of cartilage explant experiments

From: Cytokine profile of autologous conditioned serum for treatment of osteoarthritis, in vitroeffects on cartilage metabolism and intra-articular levels after injection

Experiment series

Cartilage donor

OA grade

(Kellgren-Lawrence)

Cartilage explants/condition

Serum donor

control vs CS

56 year old male

III

24 (48)

26 year old male

Ā 

65 year old female

IV

24 (48)

33 year old male

Ā 

76 year old male

III

24 (48)

30 year old male

control vs CS vs etanercept

54 year old male

III

8 (24)

27 year old male

Ā 

55 year old male

III

8 (24)

27 year old male

Ā 

44 year old male

IV

8 (24)

26 year old female

  1. CS, conditioned serum; OA, osteoarthritis.