Collagenase treatment appears to improve cartilage tissue integration but damage to collagen networks is likely permanent

A single day of TGF-β1 exposure activates chondrogenic and hypertrophic differentiation pathways in bone marrow-derived stromal cells

(2021) Kathryn Futrega et al.   Communications Biology

Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cell chondrogenesis more so than kartogenin

(2020) E. Music et al.   Scientific Reports

Chondroitinase ABC Enhances Integration of Self-Assembled Articular Cartilage, but Its Dosage Needs to Be Moderated Based on Neocartilage Maturity

(2020) Jarrett M. Link et al.   Cartilage

Intermittent parathyroid hormone (1–34) supplementation of bone marrow stromal cell cultures may inhibit hypertrophy, but at the expense of chondrogenesis

(2020) Ena Music et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Enzyme pretreatment plus locally delivered HB-IGF-1 stimulates integrative cartilage repair in vitro

(2019) Paul H. Liebesny et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Sheep as a model for evaluating mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (MSC)-based chondral defect repair

(2018) E. Music et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Bone marrow-derived stem/stromal cells (BMSC) 3D microtissues cultured in BMP-2 supplemented osteogenic induction medium are prone to adipogenesis

(2018) K. Futrega et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Spheroid Coculture of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells and Monolayer Expanded Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in Polydimethylsiloxane Microwells Modestly Improves In Vitro Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Expansion

(2017) Kathryn Futrega et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS

Radiocarbon dating reveals minimal collagen turnover in both healthy and osteoarthritic human cartilage

(2016) Katja M. Heinemeier et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Direct bone marrow HSC transplantation enhances local engraftment at the expense of systemic engraftment in NSG mice

(2016) Kathryn Futrega et al.   Scientific Reports

The microwell-mesh: A novel device and protocol for the high throughput manufacturing of cartilage microtissues

(2015) Kathryn Futrega et al.   BIOMATERIALS

High-throughput bone and cartilage micropellet manufacture, followed by assembly of micropellets into biphasic osteochondral tissue

(2015) Betul Kul Babur et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

The Rapid Manufacture of Uniform Composite Multicellular-Biomaterial Micropellets, Their Assembly into Macroscopic Organized Tissues, and Potential Applications in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

(2015) Betul Kul Babur et al.   PLoS One

Effect of Short-Term Enzymatic Treatment on Cell Migration and Cartilage Regeneration: In Vitro Organ Culture of Bovine Articular Cartilage

(2014) Dongrim Seol et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

The Interplay between Chondrocyte Redifferentiation Pellet Size and Oxygen Concentration

(2013) Betul Kul Babur et al.   PLoS One

The rationale for using microscopic units of a donor matrix in cartilage defect repair

(2012) Parisa Ghanavi et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Enhanced Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Low Oxygen Environment Micropellet Cultures

(2010) Brandon D. Markway et al.   CELL TRANSPLANTATION

A polarized light microscopy method for accurate and reliable grading of collagen organization in cartilage repair

(2010) A. Changoor et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Investigation of mechanical properties of soft hydrogel microcapsules in relation to protein delivery using a MEMS force sensor

(2009) Keekyoung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Cartilage growth and remodeling: modulation of balance between proteoglycan and collagen network in vitro with β-aminopropionitrile

(2007) A. Asanbaeva et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE