Effects of cell density on proliferation and matrix synthesis of chondrocytes embedded in atelocollagen gel

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Iwasa, Junji ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^b   Uchio, Yuji ^a   Katsube, Kenichi ^a   Adachi, Nobuo ^b   Kawasaki, Kenzo ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Atelocollagen; Cell density; Chondrocyte; Culture; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; ATELOCOLLAGEN; CELL DENSITY; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROITINSULFATE; CULTURE; MATRIX SYNTHESIS; SULFATE SYNTHESIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

CARTILAGE;

ATELOCOLLAGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 12444293755     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.07073.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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