Injectable gellan gum hydrogels with autologous cells for the treatment of rabbit articular cartilage defects

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1193-1199

  Oliveira, João T ^a   Gardel, Leandro S ^a,b   Rada, Tommaso ^a   Martins, Luís ^c   Gomes, Manuela E ^a   Reis, Rui L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Gellan gum; In vivo; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; ALCIAN BLUE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GELLAN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENCAPSULATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIVISION; CHONDROGENESIS; CHONDROPATHY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIVISION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RABBITS; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 77955892243     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21114     Document Type: Article

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