Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Engraftment of allogeneic iPS cell-derived cartilage organoid in a primate model of articular cartilage defect

  • Kengo Abe,
  • Akihiro Yamashita,
  • Miho Morioka,
  • Nanao Horike,
  • Yoshiaki Takei,
  • Saeko Koyamatsu,
  • Keisuke Okita,
  • Shuichi Matsuda,
  • Noriyuki Tsumaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36408-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Allogeneic iPSC-derived cartilage organoids survive and integrate with surrounding native cartilage without immune reactions in a primate model of chondral defects in the knee joints, being remodeled and functioning as articular cartilage.