Table 1

Timetable of progressive deprivation of serum over the 6-day culture period of chondrocyte/agarose constructs.


FBS
ITS
Ascorbic acid
Hepes buffer

Day 0
10%
-
-
10 mM
Day 1
10%
-
-
10 mM
Day 2
5%
-
5 ng/mL
20 mM
Day 3
5%
1%
10 ng/mL
20 mM
Day 4
1%
1%
15 ng/mL
30 mM
Day 5
-
1%
20 ng/mL
30 mM
Day 6
-
1%
20 ng/mL
30 mM

Timetable of progressive substitution of ITS for serum in the culture medium of the chondrocyte/agarose constructs, over the 6-day culture period preceding compression. The concentrations of ascorbic acid and Hepes were progressively increased to allow recovery of the cells after their extraction.

Bougault et al. BMC Biotechnology 2008 8:71   doi:10.1186/1472-6750-8-71