Functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage through dynamic loading of chondrocyte-seeded agarose gels

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 252-260

  Mauck, Robert L ^a   Soltz, Michael A ^a   Wang, Christopher C B ^a   Wong, Dennis D ^a   Chao, Pen Hsiu Grace ^a   Valhmu, Wilmot B ^b   Hung, Clark T ^a   Ateshian, Gerard A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARTILAGE; CELLS; DEFORMATION; GELS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN; WELL CEMENTING;

AGAROSE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGAROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPRESSION; HYDROGEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GELS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; SEPHAROSE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034210117     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.429656     Document Type: Article

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