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A 5-mC Dot Blot Assay Quantifying the DNA Methylation Level of Chondrocyte Dedifferentiation In Vitro
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Developmental Biology
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JoVE Journal Developmental Biology
A 5-mC Dot Blot Assay Quantifying the DNA Methylation Level of Chondrocyte Dedifferentiation In Vitro
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10:07 min

May 17, 2017

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:52Human Articular Cartilage Tissue Collection and Chondrocyte Culture
  • 03:33Genomic DNA Extraction
  • 05:47Dot Blot nalysis
  • 07:55Results: DNA Methylation Increases During Chondrocyte Dedifferentiation
  • 08:45Conclusion

Summary

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We present a method to quantify DNA methylation based on the 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) dot blot. We determined the 5-mC levels during chondrocyte dedifferentiation. This simple technique could be used to quickly determine the chondrocyte phenotype in ACI treatment.

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