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Table 1 Culture conditions A–F and harvesting time after incubation start

From: Coculture of bovine cartilage with synovium and fibrous joint capsule increases aggrecanase and matrix metalloproteinase activity

Conditions

Sample collection, days of incubation

 

Medium

Tissue

Uninjured cartilage (A)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 16

Injured cartilage (B)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 16

Uninjured cartilage + SJC (C)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 16

Injured cartilage + SJC (D)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 16

Injured cartilage + TNF-α (E)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6

6

SJC alone (F)

0.25, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

16

  1. Abbreviations: SJC Synovium + joint capsule, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α