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SUBMITTER: Salamon A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5453082 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salamon Achim A van Vlierberghe Sandra S van Nieuwenhove Ine I Baudisch Frank F Graulus Geert-Jan GJ Benecke Verena V Alberti Kristin K Neumann Hans-Georg HG Rychly Joachim J Martins José C JC Dubruel Peter P Peters Kirsten K
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20140219 2
Due to the weak regeneration potential of cartilage, there is a high clinical incidence of articular joint disease, leading to a strong demand for cartilaginous tissue surrogates. The aim of this study was to evaluate a gelatin-based hydrogel for its suitability to support chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Gelatin-based hydrogels are biodegradable, show high biocompatibility, and offer possibilities to introduce functional groups and/or ligands. In order to prove thei ...[more]