Engineering a biomimetic integrated scaffold for intervertebral disc replacement

A cartilage ECM-derived 3-D porous acellular matrix scaffold for in vivo cartilage tissue engineering with PKH26-labeled chondrogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Qiang Yang, Jiang Peng, Quanyi Guo et al. · Biomaterials · 2008 · 355 citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +12

Intervertebral Disc Tissue Engineering Using a Novel Hyaluronic Acid–Nanofibrous Scaffold (HANFS) Amalgam

Leon J. Nesti, Wan‐Ju Li, Rabie M. Shanti et al. · Tissue Engineering Part A · 2008 · 197 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +17

Tissue-engineered intervertebral discs produce new matrix, maintain disc height, and restore biomechanical function to the rodent spine

Robby D. Bowles, Harry Gebhard, Roger Härtl et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 189 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioengineering, Orthopaedic Surgery +17

Intervertebral disc (IVD): Structure, degeneration, repair and regeneration

Benjamin R. Whatley, Xuejun Wen · Materials Science and Engineering C · 2011 · 157 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +12

Biomechanical and biochemical characterization of composite tissue-engineered intervertebral discs

Hirokazu Mizuno, Amit Roy, Victor Zaporojan et al. · Biomaterials · 2005 · 157 citations

Natural Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery +14