Canine mesenchymal stem cells from synovium have a higher chondrogenic potential than those from infrapatellar fat pad, adipose tissue, and bone marrow

• Akari Sasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mitsuru Mizuno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nobutake Ozeki,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hisako Katano,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koji Otabe,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kunikazu Tsuji,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Cartilage Regeneration, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hideyuki Koga,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Manabu Mochizuki,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ichiro Sekiya

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sekiya.arm@tmd.ac.jp

  Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-5054

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