Time-Dependent Processes in Stem Cell-Based Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 863-881

  Gadjanski, Ivana ^a,b   Spiller, Kara ^a   Vunjak Novakovic, Gordana ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Belgrade University   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cartilage tissue engineering; Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Mesenchymal stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865531619     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-011-9328-5     Document Type: Article

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