The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

Lang, Florian, Gillian L. Busch, Markus Ritter, Harald Völkl, Siegfried Waldegger, Erich
Gulbins, and Dieter Häussinger. Functional Significance of Cell Volume Regulatory …

Gain a well-rounded understanding of the principles underlying stretching and flexibility with
the updated third edition of Science of Flexibility. This practical text includes illustrated …

Organ-on-chip (OOC) systems recapitulate key biological processes and responses in vitro
exhibited by cells, tissues, and organs in vivo. Accordingly, these models of both health and …

Due to its avascular nature, articular cartilage exhibits a very limited capacity to regenerate
and to repair. Although much of the tissue-engineered cartilage in existence has been …

Articular cartilage repair and regeneration continue to be largely intractable because of the
poor regenerative properties of this tissue. The field of articular cartilage tissue engineering …

▪ Abstract Recent studies suggest that there are multiple regulatory pathways by which
chondrocytes in articular cartilage sense and respond to mechanical stimuli, including …

Extrusion-based bioprinting (EBB) is a rapidly develo** technique that has made
substantial progress in the fabrication of constructs for cartilage tissue engineering (CTE) …

This study focuses on the effect of static and dynamic mechanical compression on the
biosynthetic activity of chondrocytes cultured within agarose gel. Chondrocyte/agarose disks …

▪ Abstract In this chapter, the recent advances in cartilage biomechanics and
electromechanics are reviewed and summarized. Our emphasis is on the new experimental …