In vitro and in vivo characterization of nonbiomedical- and biomedical-grade alginates for articular chondrocyte transplantation

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 829-842

  Heiligenstein, Susanne ^a   Cucchiarini, Magali ^a   Laschke, Matthias W ^a   Bohle, Rainer M ^a   Kohn, Dieter ^a   Menger, Michael D ^a   Madry, Henning ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; GRANULATION; HYDROGELS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SPHERES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY;

ACID CONTENT; ARTICULAR CHONDROCYTES; CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROCYTES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; KNEE JOINT; MULTINUCLEATED GIANT CELLS; OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

ALGINATE;

OVIS ARIES;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; ENDOTOXIN; HEXURONIC ACID; MANNURONIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGINATES; APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROCYTES; ENDOTOXINS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79961082503     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0681     Document Type: Article

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