A comparison of fibrin, agarose and gellan gum hydrogels as carriers of stem cells and growth factor delivery microspheres for cartilage regeneration

Biomedical Materials (Bristol)

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ahearne, Mark ^a   Kelly, Daniel J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; MICROSPHERES; REPAIR; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUES; CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIAS; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; GELATIN MICROSPHERES; GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY;

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; FIBRIN; GELLAN; MICROSPHERE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; SWINE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84877738157     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/3/035004     Document Type: Article

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