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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Xintela Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Evy Lundgren Åkerlund, Bjarred, SE;
Katarzyna Chmielarska Masoumi, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
Xintela AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/077 (2010.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6851 (2018.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0655 (2013.01); C12N 5/0018 (2013.01); C12N 5/0068 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6851 (2013.01); G01N 33/6887 (2013.01); C12N 2500/38 (2013.01); C12N 2501/58 (2013.01); C12N 2501/585 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01); G01N 2333/70546 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods that are based on expression of integrin alpha10 and integrin alpha11 on chondrocytes, used for determining purity, quality, degree of chondrocytic identity, chondrocytic potency, and/or degree of chondrocytic phenotype of a composition comprising chondrocytes, as well as for isolating and enriching a population of high quality chondrocytes and controlling culturing and expanding of high quality chondrocytes. The present invention relates also to composition comprising chondrocytes.