Design characteristics for temporomandibular joint disc tissue engineering: Learning from tendon and articular cartilage

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-526

  Johns, D E ^a   Athanasiou, K A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Characterization; Extracellular matrix; Mechanical properties; Temporomandibular joint; Tendon; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBROBLASTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENDONS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN (GAG); TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TENDON; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISK; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548139303     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM158     Document Type: Review

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