Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of hyaluronic acid/sodium alginate (HA/SA) scaffold-based interpenetrating polymeric network (IPN) for the proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation of the human adipose-derived stem cells (hADSCs). The hADSCs cultured in HA/SA IPN scaffold exhibited enhanced cell adhesion and proliferation compared to the HA scaffold. Superior chondrogenic differentiation of hADSCs in HA/SA IPN scaffold, compared to HA-based scaffold, was confirmed by measuring expression levels of chondrogenic markers. These results suggested that HA/SA IPN scaffold could provide a desirable environment for the cell adhesion, proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation of hADSCs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-181 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |
Volume | 61 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Oct |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2009-0083533 ).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Economics and Econometrics
- Energy(all)