α-Smooth muscle actin and contractile behavior of bovine meniscus cells seeded in type I and type II collagen-GAG matrices

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Mueller, S M ^a   Schneider, T O ^a,d   Shortkroff, S ^a   Breinan, H A ^b   Spector, M ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Brockton W Roxbury Vet Aff M   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Collagen matrices; In vitro; Meniscus; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; IMMUNOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIN; BOVINE MENISCUS CELLS; CONTRACTILE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING; MYOFIBROBLAST;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT CAPSULE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032918149     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19990605)45:3<157::AID-JBM1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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