title: Hydrogels with Tunable Properties.
abstract: This chapter describes the preparation of tissue engineered constructs by immobilizing chondrocytes in hydrogel with independently tunable porosity and mechanical properties. This chapter also presents the methods to characterize these tissue engineered constructs. The resulting tissue engineered constructs can be useful for the generation of cartilage tissue both in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne, VIC, 3122, Australia. pchan@swin.edu.au.
authors.forename: Peggy P Y
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000637:transplantation; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers
keywords: Cartilage tissue engineering; Gelation time; Injectable hydrogel; Porosity; Tissue scaffolds; Tunable property