Injectable Microcarriers as Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Support and their Application for Cartilage and Degenerated Intervertebral Disc Repair

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) is a progressive and chronic process, and the high incidence of discogenic disorders calls for new therapeutic approaches, such as cell-based therapies using three dimensional cultures and mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), which can differentiate to chondrog...

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Published in:	European Cells & Materials
Main Authors:	A Bertolo, S Häfner, AR Taddei, M Baur, T Pötzel, F Steffen, J Stoyanov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC 2015-01-01
Subjects:	human mesenchymal stem cells chondrogenesis collagen microcarriers dynamic cultures and hypoxia
Online Access:	http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol029/pdf/v029a06.pdf