Effects of agarose mould compliance and surface roughness on self-assembled meniscus-shaped constructs

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 521-530

  Gunja, Najmuddin J ^a   Huey, Dan J ^a   James, Regis A ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose; Co cultures; Compliance; Knee meniscus; Mould; Roughness; Scaffoldless; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SELF ASSEMBLY;

AGAROSE; CO-CULTURES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPLIANCE; KNEE JOINT; KNEE MENISCUS; LOADING PATTERNS; SCAFFOLDLESS; TISSUE-ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AGAROSE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CALF (BOVINE); CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 73449100445     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.191     Document Type: Article

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