Dynamic mechanical compression of chondrocytes for tissue engineering: a critical review

DE Anderson, B Johnstone - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Articular cartilage functions to transmit and translate loads. In a classical structure–function
relationship, the tissue resides in a dynamic mechanical environment that drives the …

Development of chitosan/hyaluronic acid hydrogel scaffolds via enzymatic reaction for cartilage tissue engineering

SM Davachi, SMA Haramshahi, SA Akhavirad… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomimetic hydrogels have been developed in the fabrication of multifunctional
microenvironments for cell culture and tissue fabrication. In the current study, different …

Biomechanical issues of tissue-engineered constructs for articular cartilage regeneration: in vitro and in vivo approaches

L Cipollaro, MC Ciardulli, GD Porta… - British medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Given the limited regenerative capacity of injured articular cartilage, the
absence of suitable therapeutic options has encouraged tissue-engineering approaches for …

Advances in cartilage repair: The influence of inorganic clays to improve mechanical and healing properties of antibacterial Gellan gum-Manuka honey hydrogels

MA Bonifacio, A Cochis, S Cometa, A Scalzone… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective treatment of cartilage defects represents a challenging problem, mainly due to the
tissue's limited intrinsic self-repair capacity; the use of polymeric scaffolds as tissue …

The interplay between chondrocyte spheroids and mesenchymal stem cells boosts cartilage regeneration within a 3D natural-based hydrogel

A Scalzone, AM Ferreira, C Tonda-Turo, G Ciardelli… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Articular cartilage (AC) lacks the ability to self-repair and cell-based approaches, primarily
based on using chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), are emerging as …

Effect of hydration on healthy intervertebral disk mechanical stiffness

SE Bezci, A Nandy… - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The intervertebral disk has an excellent swelling capacity to absorb water, which is thought
to be largely due to the high proteoglycan composition. Injury, aging, degeneration, and …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of gellan gum scaffolds loaded with Boswellia serrata extract for in-situ modulation of pro-inflammatory pathways affecting cartilage healing

S Cometa, F Busto, AC Scalia, A Castellaneta… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed a composite hydrogel based on Gellan gum containing
Boswellia serrata extract (BSE). BSE was either incorporated directly or loaded into an MgAl …

Novel phase separated polycaprolactone/collagen scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering

N Munir, A Callanan - Biomedical Materials, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. Despite treatment
availability, fully functional and suitable long term treatments for large cartilage defects are …

High seeding density of human chondrocytes in agarose produces tissue-engineered cartilage approaching native mechanical and biochemical properties

AD Cigan, BL Roach, RJ Nims, AR Tan, MB Albro… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Animal cells have served as highly controllable model systems for furthering cartilage tissue
engineering practices in pursuit of treating osteoarthritis. Although successful strategies for …

Load-induced fluid pressurisation in hydrogel systems before and after reinforcement by melt-electrowritten fibrous meshes

EK Moo, M Ebrahimi, A Hrynevich, M de Ruijter… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid pressure develops transiently within mechanically-loaded, cell-embedding hydrogels,
but its magnitude depends on the intrinsic material properties of the hydrogel and cannot be …