Meniscus regeneration in a rabbit

Tissue Eng. 1999 Aug; 5(4) : 327-37. Meniscus regeneration in a rabbit partial meniscectomy model. Walsh CJ, Goodman D, Caplan AI, Goldberg VM. The Departments of Biology and Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. Abstract Meniscectomy is known to be associated with osteoarthrosis of the knee. The…

Mesenchymal stem cells in tissue engineering

Biomed Mater Res A. 2010 Sep 15; 94(4) : 1150-61. Role of mesenchymal stem cells in tissue engineering of meniscus. Zellner J, Mueller M, Berner A, Dienstknecht T, Kujat R, Nerlich M, Hennemann B, Koller M, Prantl L, Angele M, Angele P. Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. johannes.zellner@klinik.uni-regensburg.de Abstract Tissue…

Stem cells promote meniscal regeneration

2009 Apr; 27(4) : 878-87 Intra-articular Injected synovial stem cells differentiate into meniscal cells directly and promote meniscal regeneration without mobilization to distant organs in rat massive meniscal defect. Horie M, Sekiya I, Muneta T, Ichinose S, Matsumoto K, Saito H, Murakami T, Kobayashi E Abstract Osteoarthritis in the knees, which can be caused by…

Regenerating meniscus cartilage

Med Hypotheses. 2008 Dec; 71(6) : 900-8. Epub 2008 Sep 10. Regeneration of meniscus cartilage in a knee treated with percutaneously implanted autologous mesenchymal stem cells. Centeno CJ, Busse D, Kisiday J, Keohan C, Freeman M, Karli D. Regenerative Sciences Inc, Centeno-Schultz Clinic, Westminster, CO 80020, USA. Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent cells found…

Tissue engineering

2008 Jul; 32(7) : 519-24. Transplantation of meniscus regenerated by tissue engineering with a scaffold derived from a rat meniscus and mesenchymal stromal cells derived from rat bone marrow. Yamasaki T, Deie M, Shinomiya R, Yasunaga Y, Yanada S, Ochi M. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. tacyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp…

Increasing knee cartilage with stem cells

Pain Physician. 2008 May-Jun; 11(3) : 343-53. Increased knee cartilage volume in degenerative joint disease using percutaneously implanted, autologous mesenchymal stem cells. Centeno CJ, Busse D, Kisiday J, Keohan C, Freeman M, Karli D. Regenerative Sciences Inc (RSI), Centeno-Schultz Clinic, Westminster, CO 80020, USA. Abstract BACKGROUND: The ability to repair tissue via percutaneous means may…