Comparison of Regenerative Tissue Quality following Matrix-Associated Cell Implantation Using Amplified Chondrocytes Compared to Synovium-Derived Stem Cells in a Rabbit Model for Cartilage Lesions

Table 2

Quantitation of immunostaining using the Remmele-Stegner Score.

Defect	Collagen type I	p	Collagen type II	p	Collagen type X	p
Synovium	6.1 ± 1.7	n.s.	6.1 ± 3.2	n.s.	1.8 ± 2.9	n.s.
ACI-SMSC	5.5 ± 1.6	n.s.	4.8 ± 2.8	n.s.	2.2 ± 1.6	n.s.
ACI-CHDR	5.1 ± 0.9	n.s.	4.0 ± 1.3	n.s.	2.6 ± 2.1	n.s.