Potential of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 544-559

  Toh, Wei Seong ^a,c,d   Lee, Eng Hin ^b   Cao, Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; BMP 2; Cartilage; Chondrogenic; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Regenerative medicine; Repair; TGF 1; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960338052     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9222-6     Document Type: Review

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