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Contribution of collagen network features to functional properties of engineered cartilage.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Mar 2008
Bastiaansen-Jenniskens Y M, Koevoet W, de Bart A C W, van der Linden J C, Zuurmond A M, Weinans H, Verhaar J A N, van Osch G J V M, Degroot J
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BACKGROUND: Damage to articular cartilage is one of the features of osteoarthritis (OA). Cartilage damage is characterised by a net loss of collagen and proteoglycans. The collagen network is considered highly important for cartilage function but little is known about processes that control composition and function of the cartilage collagen network in cartilage tissue engineering. Therefore, our aim was to study...
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