[Application of acellular matrix in cartilage tissue engineering].
OBJECTIVE
To review the application of and the research progress on acellular matrix (ACM) in cartilage tissue engineering.


METHODS
Related literatures both at home and abroad were retrospected and analyzed.


RESULTS
Many researchers improved the properties of cartilage ACM scaffold through co-application of solution diosmosis method, freeze-drying method and physical and chemical cross-linking method etc., and the experimental results of applying cartilage ACM scaffold for the construction of tissue engineered cartilage were closely related to the properties of ACM.


CONCLUSIONS
ACM has a wide application prospect for the construction of tissue engineered cartilage, and further in-depth studies are needed to improve its property.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China. nff527@163.com
Fangfei
F
Nie
Bailin
B
Pan
Jianning
J
Li
D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D022082:Cellular Structures; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*