Scaffold architecture determines chondrocyte response to externally applied dynamic compression

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 889-899

  Mesallati, Tariq ^a   Buckley, Conor T ^a   Nagel, Thomas ^a,b   Kelly, Daniel J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agarose hydrogel; Biophysical stimulation; Channeled constructs; Chondrocytes; Dynamic compression; Nutrient transport

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BIOPHYSICAL STIMULATION; CHANNELED CONSTRUCTS; CHONDROCYTES; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT;

BIOPHYSICS; BODY FLUIDS; COLLAGEN; DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE; COLLAGEN; DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DNA CONTENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; SOLID; SYNTHESIS;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYDROGELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR MODELS; POROSITY; SEPHAROSE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84896713695     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0451-2     Document Type: Article

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