APPLICATION OF SYNOVIUM-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (MSCS) FOR CARTILAGE OR MENISCUS REGENERATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating defects of articular cartilage or meniscus using in vivo chondrogenesis of synovium-derived MSCs.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a method for treating a disease associated with defects of cartilage or meniscus. In the present invention, the method for treating a disease associated with defects of cartilage or meniscus comprises the following steps: culturing ex vivo autologous synovium-derived MSCs; implanting the MSCs such that the cartilage defect site or meniscal defect site is covered by the MSCs; and regenerating cartilage tissue at the cartilage defect site or meniscal defect site in situ by differentiating the MSCs into cartilage cells.