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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Houston, TX (US);
Ying Deng, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Jerry HU, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Houston, TX (US);
Ying Deng, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Jerry Hu, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for inducing differentiation of dermis-derived cells to serve as a source of chondrocytes and associated methods of use in forming tissue engineered constructs. One example of a method is a method for inducing differentiation of cells into chondrocytes comprising providing aggrecan sensitive isolated dermis cells and seeding the cells onto an aggrecan coated surface.