Synovium extra cellular matrices seeded with transduced mesenchymal stem cells stimulate chondrocyte maturation in vitro and cartilage healing in clinically-induced rat-knee lesions in vivo

• Nathalie A. Reisbig ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie A. Reisbig, Alicia L. Bertone

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Large Animal Clinic and Field Service, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchwen, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  Affiliation Comparative Orthopedics Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Erin Pinnell,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Current address: Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Comparative Orthopedics Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Logan Scheuerman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Current address: Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Comparative Orthopedics Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Hayam Hussein,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Current address: Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

  Affiliation Comparative Orthopedics Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Alicia L. Bertone

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie A. Reisbig, Alicia L. Bertone

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Bertone.1@osu.edu

  Current address: Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Comparative Orthopedics Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0848-3564

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