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From: Spontaneous hyaline cartilage regeneration can be induced in an osteochondral defect created in the femoral condyle using a novel double-network hydrogel

Figure 4

High magnification histology of Group II. Black scale bars show a length of 20.0 micrometers. Large round cells rich in cytoplasm were scattered singly or as an isogenous group in a proteoglycan-rich matrix (A and B). In these cells, type 2 collagen was richly expressed (C). At the superficial layer, cells were relatively small and aligned parallel to the surface (D). The most superficial layer was devoid of cells, resembling the lamina splendens in the normal articular cartilage (D).

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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