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Modulation of Gene Expression of Rabbit Chondrocytes by Dynamic
Compression in Polyurethane Scaffolds with Collagen Gel Encapsulation
Peng-Yuan Wang, Hsiang-Hong Chow, Wei-Bor Tsai and Hsu-Wei Fang
J Biomater Appl 2009 23: 347 originally published online 12 August 2008
DOI: 10.1177/0885328208093684
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Modulation of Gene Expression of
Rabbit Chondrocytes by Dynamic
Compression in Polyurethane
Scaffolds with Collagen Gel
Encapsulation
PENG-YUAN WANG, HSIANG-HONG CHOW AND WEI-BOR TSAI*
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
HSU-WEI FANG
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
ABSTRACT: Chondrocytes have been demonstrated to be sensitive to mechanical stimuli, such as compression, tension, shear force, and hydrostatic pressure.
The responses of chondrocytes to mechanical compression have been often studied in vitro with cartilage and chondrocyte/hydrogel systems. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dynamic compression on gene expression of rabbit chondrocytes which were seeded in elastic polyurethane scaffolds with or without collagen gel encapsulation. Dynamic compression of 20% or 30%
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