## Abstract Articular cartilage tissue engineering procedures require the transplantation of chondrocytes that have been expanded __in vitro.__ The expansion is carried out for a considerable time and can lead to a modulation of cell phenotype. However, microcarrier cultures have been shown to allo
New type of biodegradable porous scaffolds for tissue-engineered articular cartilage
β Scribed by Makoto Kawanishi; Takashi Ushida; Tadashi Kaneko; Hideo Niwa; Toru Fukubayashi; Kozo Nakamura; Hiromi Oda; Sakae Tanaka; Tetsuya Tateishi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 449 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0928-4931
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