The use of biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering: potential and limitations.

Grad, Sibylle; Kupcsik, Laszlo; Gorna, Katarzyna; Gogolewski, Sylwester; Alini, Mauro

Grad, Sibylle; Kupcsik, Laszlo; Gorna, Katarzyna; Gogolewski, Sylwester; Alini, Mauro.

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Grad S; Biochemistry & Cell Biology Unit, AO Research Institute, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland.

Biomaterials ; 24(28): 5163-71, 2003 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14568433

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Absorbable Implants; Biocompatible Materials/chemistry; Cartilage, Articular/cytology; Cartilage, Articular/growth & development; Chondrocytes/cytology; Chondrocytes/physiology; Polyurethanes/chemistry; Tissue Engineering/methods; Animals; Cattle; Cell Adhesion/physiology; Cell Culture Techniques/instrumentation; Cell Culture Techniques/methods; Cell Division/physiology; Cell Survival/physiology; Cells, Cultured; Compressive Strength; Extracellular Matrix/physiology; Extracellular Matrix/ultrastructure; Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism; Hoof and Claw/cytology; Hoof and Claw/growth & development; Materials Testing; Porosity; Tissue Engineering/instrumentation

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Polyurethanes / Biocompatible Materials / Cartilage, Articular / Chondrocytes / Absorbable Implants / Tissue Engineering Type of study: Evaluation_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Biomaterials Year: 2003 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: Netherlands

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