Use of mesenchymal stem cells seeded on the scaffold in articular cartilage repair

Abstract Articular cartilage has poor capacity for repair. Once damaged, they degenerate, causing functional impairment of joints. Allogeneic cartilage transplantation has been performed for functional recovery of articular cartilage. However, there is only a limited amount of articular cartilage av...

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Main Authors: Kaoru Yamagata, Shingo Nakayamada, Yoshiya Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Inflammation and Regeneration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41232-018-0061-1