ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessing biodistribution of biomedical cellular product based on human chondrocytes following implantation to BALB/C nude mice
1 Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
2 Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
3 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Arina S. Pikina
Malaya Pirogovskaya, 1а, Moscow, 119435, Russia; ur.xednay@anikip.anira
Funding: the study was performed under the State Assignment “Chondrosphere”, R&D project ID АААА-А19-119052890054-4.
Acknowledgments: the authors express their gratitude to the research staff of the laboratory of cell biology, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of FMBA of Russia, for methodological support provided during the study.
Author contribution: Pikina AS — literature review, literature source collection and analysis, manuscript writing; Golubinskaya PA — data acquisition and analysis, manuscript editing; Ruchko ES — data acquisition and analysis; Kozhenevskaya EV — carrying out work at the vivarium; Pospelov AD — histological analysis; Babayev AA — animal experiment management; Eremeev AV — experimental design, final correction of the manuscript. All authors confirm compliance of authorship to ICMJE international criteria.
Compliance with the ethical standards: the study was approved by the Boethics Commission of the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (protocol № 73 dated 17 April 2023).