In situ guided tissue regeneration in musculoskeletal diseases and aging: Implementing pathology into tailored tissue engineering strategies

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 725-735

  Jakob, Franz ^a   Ebert, Regina ^a   Rudert, Maximilian ^a   Nöth, Ulrich ^a   Walles, Heike ^a   Docheva, Denitsa ^b   Schieker, Matthias ^b   Meinel, Lorenz ^a   Groll, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ guided tissue regeneration; Mesenchymal tissues; Regenerative medicine; Scaffolds; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; INTEGRIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AGING; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSSIFICATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84859431480     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1237-z     Document Type: Review

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