Biaxial mechanics and inter-lamellar shearing of stem-cell seeded electrospun angle-ply laminates for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 864-870

  Driscoll, Tristan P ^a,b   Nakasone, Ryan H ^a,b   Szczesny, Spencer E ^b,c   Elliott, Dawn M ^c   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

annulus fibrosus; electrospinning; fibrocartilage; mesenchymal stem cells; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROCARTILAGE; MECHANICS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NANOFIBERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84876298467     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22312     Document Type: Article

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