简介:Theeffectsofvariouscartilageextracellularmatrixontheconstructionofrabbitgrowthplatecartilagetissueinvitrowerestudied.Theresultsshowthatcollagen,proteoglycanandhyaluronicacidcanpromotethegrowthofculturedchondrocytesbuttheeffectsofvariouscartilageextracellularmatrix(ECM)onchondrocytedifferentiationaredifferent.Collagencanpromotethehypertrophyofchondrocyteswhileproteoglycanandhyaluronicacidinhibitthetransitionofmaturechondrocytesintohypertrophiedchondrocytes.
简介:INTRODUCTIONThecommonconstructionmethodoftissueengineeredarticularcartilageistoisolateandculturechondrocytes,transplantthemintothedegradablescaffoldmaterials,thentorepairthedefectofarticularcartilage.Wedesignedthisexperimenttoinvestigatethefeasibilityoftissueengineeredarticularcartilageconstructedbythetechniqueofcentrifugetubeculturewithoutscaffoldmaterials.
简介:INTRODUCTIONApproximately400millionpersonsworldwidesufferfrombladderdisease.Individualswithend-stagebladderdiseaseoftenrequirebladderreplacementorrepair.Severalbladdersubstituteshavebeenattemptedwithbothorganicmaterialsandsynthetics.
简介:IntroductionAsamemberofthebonemorphogeneticprotein(BMP)family,BMP-2playsimportantrolesnotonlyinboneregenerationandbonerepairbutalsoincellproliferation,apoptosis,differentiationandmorphogenesis.TheBMP-2remarkableabilitytostimulatenewbonegrowthresultsinthedevelopmentofanoveltherapystrategyforbonemassdefectduetoaccidentsordiseases.BecausetheBMP-2itself,inconjunctionwithasuitablematrix,issufficienttostimulategenesisofnewbone,thegeneticallyengineeredBMP-2hasgoodappliedprospects.