Mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative medicine: Opportunities and challenges for articular cartilage and intervertebral disc tissue engineering

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Richardson, Stephen M ^a   Hoyland, Judith A ^a   Mobasheri, Reza ^b   Csaki, Constanze ^c   Shakibaei, Mehdi ^c   Mobasheri, Ali ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MEDIATOR; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73949086464     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21915     Document Type: Short Survey

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