Cartilage biomechanics: From the basic facts to the challenges of tissue engineering

N Petitjean, P Canadas, P Royer… - … Research Part A, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Articular cartilage (AC) is the thin tissue that covers the long bone ends in the joints and that
ensures the transmission of forces between adjacent bones while allowing nearly …

Dynamic hydrogels with viscoelasticity and tunable stiffness for the regulation of cell behavior and fate

Y Zhang, Z Wang, Q Sun, Q Li, S Li, X Li - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) of natural cells typically exhibits dynamic mechanical
properties (viscoelasticity and dynamic stiffness). The viscoelasticity and dynamic stiffness of …

Identification of an ultrathin osteochondral interface tissue with specific nanostructure at the human knee joint

X Wang, J Lin, Z Li, Y Ma, X Zhang, Q He, Q Wu… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cartilage adheres to subchondral bone via a specific osteochondral interface tissue where
forces are transferred from soft cartilage to hard bone without conferring fatigue damage …

Adhesive and biodegradable membranes made of sustainable catechol-functionalized marine collagen and chitosan

C Correia, RO Sousa, AC Vale, D Peixoto… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
We describe bioadhesive membranes developed from marine renewable biomaterials,
namely chitosan and collagen extracted from fish skins. Collagen was functionalized with …

Healthy and osteoarthritis-affected joints facing the cellular crosstalk

S Semenistaja, S Skuja, A Kadisa, V Groma - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, progressive, severely debilitating, and multifactorial joint
disease that is recognized as the most common type of arthritis. During the last decade, it …

Boron nitride nanotubes reinforced gelatin hydrogel-based ink for bioprinting and tissue engineering applications

AB Kakarla, TH Nguyen, C Kong, H Irving - Biomaterials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid evolution of 3D bioprinting technique, very few biomaterials have been studied
and utilised as ink solutions to produce structures. In this work, a polymeric nanocomposite …

Characterization of 3D-printed graphene-reinforced PLA scaffold for bone regeneration

M Karthic, K Chockalingam, C Vignesh… - Emerging Materials …, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
In orthopedic application, bone tissue engineering (BTE) is a novel treatment method for
bone defects involving bone regeneration using an artificial supporting structure called …

High-performance bilayer composites for the replacement of osteochondral defects

AS Oliveira, JC Silva, L Figueiredo, FC Ferreira… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Osteochondral (OC) defects combine damage to cartilage and subchondral bone, posing a
significant challenge to their repair due to the dissimilar characteristics and regenerative …

Polycaprolactone scaffolds prepared by 3D printing electrosprayed with polyethylene glycol-polycaprolactone block copolymers for applications in bone tissue …

P Romero-Araya, V Cárdenas, A Nenen, G Martínez… - Polymer, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing technologies and their ability to produce customized items have
gained interest in different fields, such as in the design of personalized scaffolds for tissue …

Relationship between the poly (glycerol adipate) prepolymers chain microstructure and linear viscoelastic properties of the elastomers

MA Gazińska, E Ortyl, A Krokos, M Grzymajło… - Reactive and Functional …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the influence of the time of enzymatic polymerization of glycerol and
divinyl adipate on the chain microstructure and the thermal and linear viscoelastic properties …