Cartilage regeneration using zonal chondrocyte subpopulations: A promising approach or an overcomplicated strategy?

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 669-678

  Schuurman, W ^a,b   Klein, T J ^c   Dhert, W J A ^a,b   van Weeren, P R ^b   Hutmacher, D W ^c   Malda, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Bioprinting; Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Regeneration; Zonal

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BODY FLUIDS; CARTILAGE; DEFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

'CURRENT; BIOPRINTING; CARTILAGE DEFECTS; CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CHONDROCYTES; IN-VITRO; REGENERATION; SMALL BODIES; VITRO STUDIES; ZONAL;

3D PRINTERS;

GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; RESEARCH; TRENDS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; REGENERATION; RESEARCH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84931005153     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1638     Document Type: Review

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