Guo, Li
Wei, Xiaochun
Zhang, Zhiwei
Wang, Xiaojian
Wang, Chunli
Li, Pengcui
Wang, Chunfang
Wei, Lei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (2014021039-1)
International S&T Cooperation Program of China (2015DFA33050)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81572098, 81772415)
Article History
Received: 24 October 2018
Accepted: 11 April 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Human chondrocyte and cartilage explants used in this study were approved by the Institutional Review Board at the second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (Taiyuan, China; CMTT#: 2013025. Approval 3 June 2013), and the patients agreed to participate in the research. The animal experiments were from Department of the Experimental Animal Center, Shanxi Medical University. All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (Taiyuan, China; CMTT#: 2013012. Approval 2013).
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