Tissue engineering of functional articular cartilage: The current status

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-627

  Kock, Linda ^a   Van Donkelaar, Corrinus C ^a   Ito, Keita ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Mechanical stimulation; Signaling molecules; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84859430216     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1243-1     Document Type: Review

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