Hyaluronic acid enhances the mechanical properties of tissue-engineered cartilage constructs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Levett, Peter A ^a,b   Hutmacher, Dietmar W ^a   Malda, Jos ^a,b,c   Klein, Travis J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; GELATIN; GELATIN METHACRYLAMIDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYALURONIC ACID METHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEL; METHACRYLAMIDE; METHACRYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CROSS LINKING; DRY WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARTILAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACRYLAMIDES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTES; GELATIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; METHACRYLATES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84914703713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113216     Document Type: Article

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