Osteochondral tissue engineering: Scaffolds, stem cells and applications

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2247-2270

  Nooeaid, Patcharakamon ^a   Salih, Vehid ^b   Beier, Justus P ^c   Boccaccini, Aldo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilayered scaffolds; Clinical relevance; Composites; Osteochondral tissue engineering; Scaffold designs; Scaffold fabrication

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERAMICS; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84866751885     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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