Immunocytostaining of chondrocytes in alginate/fibrin cultures: percentage of positive cells
| Aggrecan | Type II collagen | Type I collagen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alginate | Fibrin | Alginate | Fibrin | Alginate | Fibrin | ||||||
| 3 Days | 49 (7) | 1 (90) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | |||||
| 1 Week | 84 (3) | 24 (12) | 11 (16) | 9 (13) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | |||||
| 2 Weeks | 92 (3) | 30 (7) | 15 (15) | 12 (13) | 10 (21) | 2 (60) | |||||
| 3 Weeks | 90 (3) | 30 (6) | 23 (7) | 16 (13) | 15 (14) | 2 (60) | |||||
| 4 Weeks | 90 (2) | 31 (7) | 22 (10) | 20 (10) | 12 (10) | 5 (10) | |||||
| 6 Weeks | 94 (3) | 29 (6) | 32 (9) | 41 (6) | 20 (8) | 9 (19) | |||||
| 8 Weeks | 92 (1) | 33 (4) | 5 (3) | 72 (4) | 21 (14) | 9 (24) | |||||
Mean of positive staining cells from donor 6 is given; coefficient of variation in brackets.