Recent strategies in cartilage repair: A systemic review of the scaffold development and tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2343-2354

  Rai, Vikrant ^a   Dilisio, Matthew F ^a   Dietz, Nicholas E ^a   Agrawal, Devendra K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cartilage loss; cartilage repair; mesenchymal stem cells; osteoarthritis; scaffold; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CARTILAGE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE REPAIR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDROCYTE; ENGINEERED TISSUE; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFRACTURE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHONDROGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 85019058957     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36087     Document Type: Review

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