Enhanced encapsulation of chondrocytes within a chitosan/hyaluronic acid hydrogel: A new technique

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1107-1111

  Ramesh, Sowmya ^a   Rajagopal, Karthikeyan ^a   Vaikkath, Dhanesh ^b   Nair, Prabha D ^b   Madhuri, Vrisha ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Chondrocytes; Encapsulation technique; Gene expression; Hyaluronic acid; Hydrogel; Seeding density

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHITOSAN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGELS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CELL LOSS; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN II; GELATION PROCESS; MATRIX SYNTHESIS; RABBIT CHONDROCYTES; SEEDING DENSITY;

HYALURONIC ACID;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; RABBITS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84898544258     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1461-1     Document Type: Article

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