Photo-crosslinked alginate hydrogels support enhanced matrix accumulation by nucleus pulposus cells in vivo

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1377-1384

  Chou, A I ^a   Akintoye, S O ^b   Nicoll, S B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Hydrogel; Nucleus pulposus; Proteoglycan; Type II collagen; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHACRYLIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESTERIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE II; FEMALE; HYDROGELS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 70349245050     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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