Alginate/lactose-modified chitosan hydrogels: A bioactive biomaterial for chondrocyte encapsulation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-376

  Marsich, Eleonora ^a   Borgogna, Massimiliano ^a   Donati, Ivan ^a   Mozetic, Pamela ^a   Strand, Berit L ^b   Salvador, Santiago Gomez ^c   Vittur, Franco ^a   Paoletti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cell encapsulation; Chitlac; Chitosan; Chondrocytes; Lactose; Polyanion polycation mixture

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMATERIALS; CELLS; ENCAPSULATION;

CELL ENCAPSULATION; CHITLAC; CHITOSAN; CHONDROCYTES; LACTOSE; POLYANION-POLYCATION MIXTURE;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; LACTOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYDROGELS; KINETICS; LACTOSE; LAMINARIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEOLOGY; RNA; SWINE;

EID: 38049077519     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31307     Document Type: Article

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