Chitosan, hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate in tissue engineering for cartilage regeneration: A review

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 723-739

  Muzzarelli, Riccardo A A ^a   Greco, Francesco ^a   Busilacchi, Alberto ^a   Sollazzo, Vincenzo ^b   Gigante, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chitosan; Chondrocyte; Chondroitin; Growth factors; Hyaluronan; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROITIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CRYOGELS; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALINE CARTILAGE; HYALURONAN; HYALURONAN SYNTHESIS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESOPOROUS; METALLOPROTEINASES; NEOCARTILAGE; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES;

BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; DEGRADATION; PEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

CHITOSAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID;

CARTILAGE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CARTILAGE; CHITOSAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84861600904     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.04.057     Document Type: Review

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