Human osteochondritis dissecans fragment-derived chondrocyte characteristics ex vivo, after monolayer expansion-induced de-differentiation, and after re-differentiation in alginate bead culture

Table 3 Number of isolated cells per OCD fragment and viability of the individual cell cultures that were derived from these fragments

OCD Fragment	Cell number (× 100.000/g wet weight)	Viability after Cell Culture (% of total)
OCD Fragment	Cell number (× 100.000/g wet weight)	Analysis 1	Analysis 2	Analysis 3	Analysis 4
1	0.72	91	89	93	92
2	0.36	86	88	87	89
3	0.8	75	79	81	85
4	0.56	96	95	94	91
5	1.24	90	96	90	93
6	0.42	89	85	93	89
7	1.01	93	93	85	89
8	0.77	82	91	87	85
9	0.9	87	85	89	96
10	0.61	93	87	94	95
11	1.23	95	94	92	93
12	0.31	96	97	95	91
13	0.37	87	92	89	84
14	0.41	91	93	92	90
15	1.22	92	93	90	92

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