The effect of moving point of contact stimulation on chondrocyte gene expression and localization in tissue engineered constructs

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1106-1119

  Kaupp, J A ^a,c   Tse, M Y ^a   Pang, S C ^a   Kenworthy, G ^b   Hetzler, M ^b   Waldman, S D ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Thumbprint Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Mechanical stimulation; Superficial zone; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE REPAIR; CHONDROCYTES; ENGINEERED CARTILAGE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; TISSUE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTS;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REPAIR; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AGAROSE; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DECORIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; PRG4 PROTEIN, BOS TAURUS; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CATTLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIGLYCAN; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DECORIN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGELS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTEOGLYCANS; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886732898     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0763-0     Document Type: Article

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