title: Growth kinetic study on normal and microtic chondrocytes of human auricular cartilage.
abstract: Chondrocytes were isolated from normal and microtic human auricular cartilage after ear surgery carried out at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre. Chondrocytes were cultured and expanded until passage 4. After reached confluence, cultured chondrocytes at each passage (P1, P2, P3 and P4) were harvested and assigned for growth profile analysis. There was no significant difference in cell viability between both normal and microtic samples (p = 0.84). Both samples showed no significant differences for growth profile parameters in terms of growth rate, population doubling time and total number of cell doubling, except in passage 1, where there is significant difference in cell growth rate (p = 0.004). This preliminary data has indicated that chondrocytes from microtic cartilage has the potential to be used in the reconstruction of human pinna in the future.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Engineering Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ishak
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Aminuddin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asma
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lokman
authors.forename: B H I
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ruszymah
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002470:Cell Survival; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D020219:Chondrogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000166:cytology*; D010865:Pilot Projects