Synovium in the Transitional Zone between the Articular Cartilage and the Synovial Membrane Contains Stem Cells and has Greater Chondrogenic Differentiation Potential than Synovium in Other Locations

Nobuo Adachi^*, Ayato Miyamoto, Masataka Deie, Atsuo Nakamae, Tomoyuki Nakasa and Mitsuo Ochi

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, E-mail: nakamae@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

^*Corresponding Author: Nobuo Adachi, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan, Tel: +81-82-257-5231, Fax: +81-82- 257-5234 Email: