title: [Progress in the study of articular cartilage tissue engineering seeding cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the latest progress of seeding cells for articular cartilage tissue engineering.
  
  
  METHODS
  The recent original literatures on seeding cells for articular cartilage tissue engineering were extensively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The chondrocytes derived from BMSCs' differentiation would be a main source of seeding cells articular cartilage for tissue engineering. Three-dimensional scaffolds and cultivation surroundings played important roles in the field of articular cartilage tissue engineering.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The utilization of cytokine and transgenic technology as well as improvements of three-dimensional scaffolds and cultivation surroundings will promote the development of articular cartilage tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou Guangdong 510282, PR China.
authors.forename: Shihao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000166:cytology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005109:Extracellular Matrix; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*