Scaffold-free tissue engineering for injured joint surface restoration

Autor: Kazunori Shimomura, Wataru Ando, Hiromichi Fujie, David A. Hart, Hideki Yoshikawa, Norimasa Nakamura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2197-1153
DOI: 10.1186/s40634-017-0118-0
Popis: Abstract Articular cartilage does not heal spontaneously due to its limited healing capacity, and thus effective treatments for cartilage injuries has remained challenging. Since the first report by Brittberg et al. in 1994, autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) has been introduced into the clinic. Recently, as an alternative for chondrocyte-based therapy, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapy has received considerable research attention because of the relative ease in handling for tissue harvest, and subsequent cell expansion and differentiation. In this review, we discuss the latest developments regarding stem cell-based therapies for cartilage repair, with special focus on recent scaffold-free approaches.
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