The influence of matrix elasticity on chondrocyte behavior in 3D

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Schuh, Elena ^a,b,c   Hofmann, Sandra ^a   Stok, Kathryn S ^a   Notbohm, Holger ^b   Müller, Ralph ^a   Rotter, Nicole ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Hydrogels; Matrix elasticity; Mechanosensing; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; GELS; HYDROGELS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; AGAROSE; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENIC PHENOTYPES; MATRIX; MATRIX ELASTICITY; MECHANOSENSING; PRIMARY CHONDROCYTES; PROPERTY; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 84868198394     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.501     Document Type: Article

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