Zhen Cai, Bo Pan, Haiyue Jiang, Lixia Zhang
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficiency of chondrogenesis of human adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) induced by auricular chondrocytes from microtia via subcutaneous co-graft in nude mice. METHODS: Human ADSCs and auricular chondrocytes were mixed at the ratio of 7:3 and suspended in 0.2 ml of Pluronic F-127 (5.0 × 10(7) cells/ml), and injected into Balb/c nude mice as the experimental group (Exp group). The same quantity of auricular chondrocytes (Ctr.1 group) or ADSCs (Ctr...
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