Engineering alginate for intervertebral disc repair

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1196-1205

  Bron, Johannes L ^a,b   Vonk, Lucienne A ^b   Smit, Theodoor H ^a,b   Koenderink, Gijsje H ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alginate; Gene expression; Intervertebral disc; Rheology; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELL-ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MOLECULES; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; IN-SITU; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOSS TANGENT; MATRIX; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PROTEOGLYCANS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; COAGULATION; DIFFUSION; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TISSUE; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPAIR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE SURGERY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CALCIUM; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCURONIC ACID; GOATS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79960493940     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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