Inducing articular cartilage phenotype in costochondral cells

Table 1 Exogenous treatment

Treatment	HP	C-ABC	TGF-β1	HP/C-ABC	HP/TGF-β1	TGF-β1/C-ABC	HP/C-ABC/TGF-β1
HP: 10 MPa, static, days 10 to 14	x			x	x		x
C-ABC: 2 units/ml, 4 hours, day 15		x		x		x	x
TGF-β1: 10 ng/ml, continuous, days 0 to 28			x		x	x	x

C-ABC, chondroitinase ABC; HP, hydrostatic pressure; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor beta-1.

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