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From: An overview of advanced biocompatible and biomimetic materials for creation of replacement structures in the musculoskeletal systems: focusing on cartilage tissue engineering

Fig. 7

(a) Macroscopic image of chitosan-agarose (CHAG) scaffolds. (b) Histological examination of HWJ-MSCs on the CHAG scaffolds in chondrogenic medium, with or without growth factors TGFβ3 and BMP-2. Immunostaining was done with DAPI, collagen-II + FITC, merged image, and also hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and Safranin-O staining for sGAG was done. Groups cod: C) chondrogenic medium alone, CB) chondrogenic medium with BMP-2, CT) chondrogenic medium with TGFβ3, CBT) chondrogenic medium with BMP-2 and TGFβ3. Scale bars represent 100 μm. Republished with permission of ref. [93], Merlin Rajesh Lal L, Suraishkumar G, Nair PD. Chitosan-agarose scaffolds supports chondrogenesis of Human Wharton’s Jelly mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 2017;105(7):1845–55, Copyright (2019)

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