Effects of alginate hydrogel cross-linking density on mechanical and biological behaviors for tissue engineering

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-77

  Jang, Jinah ^a   Seol, Young Joon ^a,c   Kim, Hyeon Ji ^a   Kundu, Joydip ^a,d   Kim, Sung Won ^b   Cho, Dong Woo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cross linking; Hydrogel; Structure properties relations; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; HYDROGELS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; CHONDROGENIC MARKERS; CROSS-LINKING DENSITY; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; HUMAN CHONDROCYTES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES RELATIONS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AGGRECAN; ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; BIOMATERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION FORCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW KINETICS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TURBIDITY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALGINATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHONDROCYTES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84901624480     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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