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Table 2 Culture time, population doublings (pds), and growth rate of chondrocytic subpopulation after MACS separation

From: Maintenance of “stem cell” features of cartilage cell sub-populations during in vitro propagation

W5C5 sorting

Cell type /

Mean

no. of

Mean

Population doublings (pds) /day

medium

culture time

passages

pds

Unsorted

W5C5+

W5C5-

 

[d]

  

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

chondrocytes

63.50

4 - 6

9.47

0.16

0.04

0.15

0.04

0.16

0.04

n = 4

         

chondrocytes

24.50

4

11.53

0.51

0.07

0.49

0.05

0.48

0.04

MSCGM; n = 2

         

disc cells

25.67

4

11.44

0.42

0.13

0.47

0.12

0.47

0.14

n = 3

         

W8B2 sorting

Cell type /

Mean

no. of

Mean

population doublings (pds) /day

medium

culture time

passages

pds

Unsorted

W8B2+

W8B2-

 

[d]

  

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

chondrocytes

70.00

4 - 6

10.57

0.15

0.01

0.14

0.01

0.15

0.01

n = 3