Evidence for redifferentiation of human chondrocytes grown on a hyaluronan-based biomaterial (HYAFF®11): Molecular, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analysis

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1187-1195

  Grigolo, Brunella ^a   Lisignoli, Gina ^a   Piacentini, Anna ^a   Fiorini, Mauro ^a   Gobbi, Pietro ^b   Mazzotti, Giovanni ^b   Duca, Manuela ^c   Pavesio, Alessandra ^c   Facchini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Fidia Advanced Biopolymers   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Collagen; Hyaluronan; Proteoglycans; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; IMMUNOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CELLS;

AGGRECAN; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE REPAIR;

AGGRECANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEOGLYCANS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037082712     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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