Table 7 Types of techniques used to assess chondrogenesis of MSCs

Histology

87 (79%)

[48, 50–53, 164, 168–170, 173–175, 177–179, 181–187, 191–195, 197–201, 204–211, 213–217, 219–222, 226, 229, 230, 232–238, 240–248, 250, 252–264, 267–271]

Immunohistochemistry

78 (71%)

[48, 50, 52, 53, 168–171, 173–175, 178–183, 185–191, 193, 194, 197, 198, 201, 203–205, 207, 212–215, 217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 226, 228–238, 241, 242, 244, 246–248, 250–259, 264, 265, 267–271]

qPCR

70 (64%)

[53, 168, 169, 173, 174, 176, 178–186, 188, 190, 192–194, 196, 199, 200, 202–205, 207–209, 211, 214, 216–220, 222–232, 235, 236, 239, 240, 242, 246, 249–251, 256, 258, 259, 261–263, 265–267, 269–271]

Biochemical analysis

64 (58%)

[48, 50–52, 164, 168, 170–172, 176, 177, 179, 180, 182–184, 188, 189, 191, 192, 197, 199, 200, 202, 204, 205, 209, 212, 214, 216–219, 222–224, 226, 227, 233–240, 244, 245, 247–249, 252, 254, 257, 260–266, 268–270]

Imaging (confocal, SEM, TEM)

24 (22%)

[52, 172, 176, 180, 185, 187, 194, 198, 208, 215–217, 225, 226, 230, 232, 241, 242, 249, 252, 255, 262, 263, 265]

Mechanical testing

15 (14%)

[51, 52, 164, 169, 175, 193, 197, 207, 220, 245, 247, 248, 256, 257, 268]