From Repair to Regeneration: Biomaterials to Reprogram the Meniscus Wound Microenvironment

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 529-542

  Mauck, Robert L ^a,c   Burdick, Jason A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Extracellular matrix; Meniscus; Regeneration; Scaffold; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; DESIGN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL REGENERATION; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MENISCUS; PRECISE COORDINATION; REGENERATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGENASE; GROWTH FACTOR; NANOFIBER; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA; ENZYME;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MARROW PROGENITOR CELL; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HOMING; CELL MIGRATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE MENISCUS; MATURATION; MENISCAL REPAIR; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POROSITY; REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84925787117     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1249-z     Document Type: Article

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