[Progress in the study of articular cartilage tissue engineering seeding cells].
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.
Zhang
Shihao
S
Department of Orthopaedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou Guangdong 510282, PR China.
Zhu
Lixin
L
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*