title: Mesenchymal stem cell-based cartilage tissue engineering: cells, scaffold and biology.
abstract: Cartilage repair and regeneration by stem cell-based tissue engineering could be of enormous therapeutic and economic potential benefit for an aging population. However, to use stem cells effectively, their natural environment must be understood in order to expand them in vitro without compromising their multilineage potential and their specific differentiation program. Collaboration between diverse academic disciplines and between research and regulatory government agencies and industry is crucial before cell-based cartilage tissue engineering can achieve its full therapeutic potential.
authors.affiliation: Cartilage Biology and Orthopedics Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-8022, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baksh
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tuan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology*; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D012038:Regeneration; D023822:Tissue Engineering
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials