Hydrogel design for cartilage tissue engineering: A case study with hyaluronic acid

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 8771-8782

  Kim, Iris L ^a   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b   Burdick, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Cartilage; Chondrogenesis; Hyaluronic acid; Hydrogel; Mesenchymal stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICULATING SURFACES; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARTILAGE TISSUES; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; CLINICAL METHODS; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALINE CARTILAGE; HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS; HYALURONIC ACIDS; LOAD-BEARING; LOW FRICTION; MATERIAL DESIGNS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL LOADING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NATURAL MATERIALS; NUTRIENT DIFFUSION; POSSIBLE FUTURES; WEAR-RESISTANT;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

HYDROGELS;

CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; FIBRIN; HYALURONIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHONDROGENESIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 80053117718     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.08.073     Document Type: Article

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