Articular cartilage is a load‐bearing tissue playing a crucial mechanical role in diarthrodial
joints, facilitating joint articulation, and minimizing wear. The significance of biomechanical …

Lang, Florian, Gillian L. Busch, Markus Ritter, Harald Völkl, Siegfried Waldegger, Erich
Gulbins, and Dieter Häussinger. Functional Significance of Cell Volume Regulatory …

OBJECTIVE: Three-dimensional (3D) cultures are widely used to redifferentiate
chondrocytes. However, the rationale behind the choice for 3D above two-dimensional (2D) …

The wide diversity of skeletal proportions in mammals is evident upon a survey of any
natural history museum's collections and allows us to distinguish between species even …

The articular cartilage has insufficient intrinsic healing abilities, and articular cartilage
injuries often progress to osteoarthritis. Alginate-based scaffolds are attractive biomaterials …

Bioprinting is an emerging technology for the fabrication of patient‐specific, anatomically
complex tissues and organs. A novel bioink for printing cartilage grafts is developed based …

▪ Abstract Recent studies suggest that there are multiple regulatory pathways by which
chondrocytes in articular cartilage sense and respond to mechanical stimuli, including …

Chondrocytes are specialised cells which produce and maintain the extracellular matrix of
cartilage, a tissue that is resilient and pliant. In vivo, it has to withstand very high …

Abstract Purpose of Review Articular chondrocytes are exclusively responsible for the
turnover of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of hyaline cartilage. However, chondrocytes are …

It is well accepted that mechanical forces can modulate the metabolic activity of
chondrocytes, although the specific mechanisms of mechanical signal transduction in …