Tissue engineering for tendon repair |
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Authors: | Bagnaninchi Pierre-Olivier Yang Ying El Haj Alicia J Maffulli Nicola |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Hartshill, UK. |
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Abstract: | Tissue engineering aims to induce tissue self-regeneration in vivo or to produce a functional tissue replacement in vitro to be then implanted in the body. To produce a viable and functional tendon, a uniaxially orientated collagen type I matrix has to be generated. Biochemical and physical factors can potentially alter both the production and the organisation of this matrix, and their combination in a dose- and time-dependent manner is probably the key to in vitro engineered tendons. This review discusses the role of these different factors affecting tenocyte growth in a three-dimensional environment in vivo and in vitro, and underlines the future challenge of tendon tissue engineering. |
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