Figure 5From: Fibrin and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) hybrid scaffold promotes early chondrogenesis of articular chondrocytes: an in vitro studyCartilage-specific phenotypic expression analysis. The expression of genes encoded the cartilage-specific markers; collagen type II and aggrecan core protein was steadily expressed in fibrin/PLGA and PLGA. Interestingly, suppression of collagen type I was observed in fibrin/PLGA and PLGA at 2 weeks and 3 weeks. β-actin gene was steadily expressed in all samples to verify the analysis was reliable and successful.Back to article page