Bridging bench to body : ex vivo models to understand articular cartilage repair

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With little to no ability to self-regenerate, human cartilage defects of the knee remain a major clinical challenge. Tissue engineering strategies include delivering specific types of cells and biomaterials to the injured cartilage for restoration of architecture and function. Pre-clinical models to test the efficacy of the therapies come with high costs and ethical issues, and imperfect prediction of performance in humans. Ex vivo models represent an alternative avenue to trial cartilage tissue engineering. Defined as viable explanted cartilage samples, ex vivo models can be cultured with a cell-laden biomaterial or tissue-engineered construct to evaluate cartilage repair. Though human and animal ex vivo models are currently used in the field, there is a need for alternative methods to assess the strength of integration, to increase throughput and manage variability and to optimise and standardise culture conditions, enhancing the utility of these models overall.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

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Current opinion in biotechnology - 86(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 103065

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Trengove, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Duchi, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Onofrillo, Carmine [VerfasserIn]
Sooriyaaratchi, Dulani [VerfasserIn]
Di Bella, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
O'Connor, Andrea J [VerfasserIn]

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Biocompatible Materials
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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103065

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NLM36790957X