title: Technical strategies to improve tissue engineering of cartilage-carrier-constructs.
abstract: Technical aspects play an important role in tissue engineering. Especially an improved design of bioreactors is crucial for cultivation of artificial three-dimensional tissues in vitro. Here formation of cartilage-carrier-constructs is used to demonstrate that the quality of the tissue can be significantly improved by using optimized culture conditions (oxygen concentration, growth factor combination) as well as special bioreactor techniques to induce fluid-dynamic, hydrostatic or mechanical load during generation of cartilage.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, poertner@tuhh.de.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pörtner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goepfert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiegandt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ilinich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paetzold
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eisenbarth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morlock
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012212:Rheology; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D005782:Gels; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010100:Oxygen