The osteochondral junction and its repair via bi-phasic tissue engineering scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-73

  Keeney, Michael ^a   Pandit, Abhay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHASIC SCAFFOLDS; CARTILAGE SURFACES; CELL TYPES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GROWTH FACTOR; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; OSTEOCHONDRAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TISSUE TYPES;

BONE; CARTILAGE; LIGAMENTS; SCAFFOLDS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REGENERATION; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYALINE CARTILAGE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 65549090503     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0388     Document Type: Review

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