title: [Research progress of articular cartilage scaffold for tissue engineering].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the research progress of articular cartilage scaffold materials and look into the future development prospects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature about articular cartilage scaffold for tissue engineering was reviewed, and the results from experiments and clinical application about natural and synthetic scaffold materials were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The design of articular cartilage scaffold for tissue engineering is vital to articular cartilage defects repair. The ideal scaffold can promote the progress of the cartilage repair, but the scaffold materials still have their limitations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to pay more attention to the research of the articular cartilage scaffold, which is significant to the repair of cartilage defects in the future.
authors.affiliation: Center for Joint Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, PR China.
authors.forename: Qingyu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fuyou
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D003094:Collagen; D005109:Extracellular Matrix; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001704:Biopolymers; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; D003094:Collagen