Tensile properties of engineered cartilage formed from chondrocyte- and MSC-laden hydrogels

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1074-1082

  Huang, A H ^a,b   Yeger McKeever, M ^a   Stein, A ^a   Mauck, R L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D culture; Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Mesenchymal stem cells; Tensile testing; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CATTLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYDROGELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 49149126749     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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