Induction of fiber alignment and mechanical anisotropy in tissue engineered menisci with mechanical anchoring

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1436-1443

  Puetzer, Jennifer L ^a   Koo, Esther ^b   Bonassar, Lawrence J ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Collagen; Fiber alignment; Meniscus; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLLAGEN; DIGITAL STORAGE; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPIC TENSILE PROPERTY; CIRCUMFERENTIAL ALIGNMENT; COLLAGEN ACCUMULATION; FIBER ALIGNMENT; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; MENISCAL FIBROCHONDROCYTES; MENISCUS;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE IMPLANT; BONE STRUCTURE; BOVINE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER ALIGNMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84929654840     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.02.033     Document Type: Article

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