Engineering meniscus structure and function via multi-layered mesenchymal stem cell-seeded nanofibrous scaffolds

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1412-1419

  Fisher, Matthew B ^a,b,d,e   Henning, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Söegaard, Nicole ^a   Bostrom, Marc ^a   Esterhai, John L ^a,b   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Meniscus; Nanofibrous scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; COLLAGEN; ELECTROSPINNING; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; MENISCUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; POLY (EPSILONCAPROLACTONE); STRUCTURAL HIERARCHIES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE; COLLAGEN; NANOFIBER; POLYESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULUS; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NANOFIBERS; POLYESTERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84929655833     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.02.036     Document Type: Article

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