Figure 2.

Regulation of candidate genes during chondrocyte dedifferentiation. Real time PCR analysis of candidate gene expression in cDNA from human articular chondrocytes at passage (P) 0, 1 or 2. Mean fold-change values (where P0 = 1) with standard errors are presented from chondrocytes cultures obtained from 3 donors. * indicates significant difference in expression compared with passage 0 levels P < 0.05 by paired students t-test.