Abstract:
:Conditions affecting cartilage through damage or age-related degeneration pose significant challenges to individual patients and their healthcare systems. The disease burden will rise in the future as life expectancy increases. This has resulted in vigorous efforts to develop novel therapies to meet current and future needs. Due to the limited regenerative capacity of cartilage, in vitro tissue engineering techniques have emerged as the favoured technique by which to develop replacements. Tissue engineering is mainly concerned with developing cartilage replacements in the form of chondrocyte suspensions and three-dimensional scaffolds seeded with chondrocytes. One major limiting factor in the development of clinically useful cartilage constructs is our understanding of the process by which cartilage is formed, chondrogenesis. For example, techniques of culturing chondrocytes in vitro have been used for decades, resulting in chondrocyte-like cells which produce an extracellular matrix of similar composition to native cartilage, but with inferior physical properties. It has now been realised that one aspect of chondrogenesis which had been ignored was the physical context in which cartilage exists in vivo. This has resulted in the development of bioreactor systems which aim to introduce various physical stresses to engineered cartilage in a controlled environment. This has resulted in some improvements in the quality of tissue engineered cartilage. This is but one example of how the knowledge of chondrogenesis has been translated into research practice. This paper aims to review what is currently known about the process of chondrogenesis and discusses how this knowledge can be applied to tissue engineering.
journal_name
Curr Stem Cell Res Therjournal_title
Current stem cell research & therapyauthors
Mabvuure N,Hindocha S,Jordan D,Khan WSdoi
10.2174/157488812800793090subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-07-01 00:00:00pages
243-59issue
4eissn
1574-888Xissn
2212-3946pii
CSCRT-EPUB-20120508-003journal_volume
7pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::The liver is a vital organ for life and the only internal organ that is capable of natural regeneration. Although the liver has high regeneration capacity, excessive hepatocyte death can lead to liver failure. Various factors can lead to liver damage including drug abuse, some natural products, alcohol, hepatitis, and...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1568026620666200220122536
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. The classical therapeutic approach with L-DOPA is not able to control motor symptoms in the long term, thus new disease-modifying or neuroprotective treatments are urgently required in order to match such...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X14666190301150210
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cellular differentiation occurs in a complicated microenvironment containing multiple components including soluble factors and physical cues. In addition to biochemical composition, physical cues are also crucial in determining cellular behaviors. OBJECTIVE:To better understand the interaction between physi...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X13666180102121455
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an alternative source of hematopoietic progenitors for transplantation in the treatment of haematological malignancies, marrow failure, immunodeficiencies, hemoglobinopathies and inherited metabolic diseases. It has greatly contributed to increase the feasibility to transplantation for ma...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488810793351703
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the world. About 30% of the people that are affected by stroke die within a year; 25% of the patients that survive stroke remain in need of care after a year. Therefore, stroke is a major burden for health care costs. The most commo...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x10666150728121324
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis in the 21st Century. There are currently no approved vaccine and no particular antiviral treatment for coronavirus disease. As COVID-19 has had a broad range of illnesses, it is necessary to find a safe and effective therapeutic method for COVID-19. An attractive approach fo...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/1574888X15666201012165700
更新日期:2020-10-12 00:00:00
abstract::Neural stem cells (NSCs) are a small subset of primitive precursors that generate and maintain the main phenotypes of the nervous system. Their ability to undergo long-term proliferation and neural differentiation endows them with great potential in regenerative medicine. Therefore, the mechanisms by which NSCs are re...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x09666140213201846
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the self-renewal ability and the ability to produce multiple differentiation. Elucidating the genetic circuits that govern MSC self-renewal and differentiation is necessary to improve our comprehension of MSCs and their role in regenerative medicine. microRNAs (miRNAs) play important...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x10666150528144517
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been isolated not only from bone marrow, but also from many other tissues such as adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, liver, brain and pancreas. Because MSC were found to have the ability to differentiate into cells of multiple organs and systems such as bone, fat, cartilage, muscle, ne...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488806778226821
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Autoimmune disease is a refractory disease. Accumulating Evidence has revealed that the manipulation of mesenchymal stem cells may have the potential to control or even treat autoimmune diseases. Human gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells (GMSCs) are emerging as a new line of mesenchymal stem cells that ha...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X13666180220141114
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has significantly reduced the mortality rate and morbidity, and has increased the life expectancy of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. However, the current cART is incapable of eradicating viruses from the human body, and HIV remains one of the most not...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X14666190523094556
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The intestine serves mainly as a place for digestion and absorption and functions as an immune and endocrine organ. Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) play critical roles in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and regeneration, and a complex of signaling pathways is involved in these processes. The Notch signaling pat...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X14666190429143734
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Revascularisation therapy is the current gold standard of care for critical limb ischemia (CLI), although a significant proportion of patients with CLI either are not fit for or do not respond well to this procedure. Recently, novel angiogenic therapies such as the use of autologous cellbased therapy (CBT) h...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X13666180313141416
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are stromal origin cells with multilineage differentiation capacity. The immunoregulatory properties of MSCs can be interfered effectively by cytokines. Cytokines, produced by a broad range of cells, act at the systemic level to influence biological phenomena such as inflammation, wound h...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X11666160614103404
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Spinal surgery presents a challenge for both neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery. Due to the heterogeneous differentiation potential of mesenchymal stem cells, there is much interest in the treatment of spine surgery. Animal and human trials focussing on the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells in spinal cord injury, s...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X11666170907120030
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exosomes and microvesicles, which are released by most of the cells, play important roles in intracellular correspondence by transferring DNA, messenger RNA, micro RNA, and other types of RNA and proteins. Exosomes and microvesicles may contribute to the distribution of cancers and diseases through delivering the path...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x11666160709211528
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute renal failure (ARF) is a syndrome of abrupt decline in renal function induced by a number of different insults. In clinic, the common etiology for ARF is ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The pathophysiological process of renal IRI is complex, there is no good treatment. Stem cell therapy is a new and promising...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X11666161024143640
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Throughout life, different types of stem cells participate in tissue generation, maintenance, plasticity, and repair. Their abilities to secrete growth factors, to proliferate and differentiate into several cell lineages, and to migrate and home into the damaged tissues have made them attractive candidates for cell th...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x10666150904113625
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Defects in articular cartilage injury and chronic osteoarthritis are very widespread and common, and the ability of injured cartilage to repair itself is limited. Stem cell-based cartilage tissue engineering provides a promising therapeutic option for articular cartilage damage. However, the application of the techniq...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X14666191029104249
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tendon, the crucial element of the musculoskeletal system, when damaged, never restores the biological and biomechanical properties completely. Recently, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have enabled the differentiation of postnatal somatic stem cells or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to different cell line...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488810791268609
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In contrast to their almost unlimited potential for expansion in vivo and despite years of dedicated research and optimization of expansion protocols, the expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) in vitro remains remarkably limited. Increased understanding of the mechanisms that are involved in maintenance, expans...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/1574888X15666200225091339
更新日期:2020-02-24 00:00:00
abstract::Stem cells have been long looked at as possible therapeutic vehicles for different health related problems. Among the different existing stem cell populations, Adipose- derived Stem Cells (ASCs) have been gathering attention in the last 10 years. When compared to other stem cells populations and sources, ASCs can be e...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488810791268564
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to explore the clinical outcome of the transplantation of stem cells from various human tissue sources in cirrhotic patients. METHODS:The relevant papers were searched via PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases. Changes in liver function before and afte...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x09666141112114011
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disorder worldwide. OA represents an increasing threat to the quality of life of affected persons as well as for health resources expenditure. The incapability of cartilage to heal has been long time regarded as the major cause of progressive joint degeneration...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888x09666140630102202
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Periodontitis is a multifactorial infectious disease that affects a large population worldwide. Oral microorganisms and susceptible host have been proposed to be the prerequisite for the development of periodontitis. Recently, the involvement of epigenetic modifications in the development of periodontitis ha...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X12666170718161740
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Heterogeneity is a well-documented phenomenon in breast cancer; one of the explanations for this phenomenon is the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) with the capacity to differentiate along divergent pathways. These CSCs undergo asymmetric and symmetric division resulting in both expansion of the stem cell pool and...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488809787169110
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited disease characterized by progressive loss of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium, is a leading genetic cause of blindness. Cell transplantation to replace lost photoreceptors is a potential therapeutic strategy, but technical limitations have prevented clin...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/1574888x09666131219115125
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pyrroloquinoline Quinone (PQQ) is the third coenzyme found after niacinamide and flavone nucleotides and is widely present in microorganisms, plants, animals, and humans. PQQ can stimulate the growth of organisms and is very important for the growth, development and reproduction of animals. Owing to the inherent prope...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/1574888X14666181210165539
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the existence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) has been demonstrated in colorectal cancer, further investigation is hindered by controversies over their surface markers. The sphere formation assay is widely used as in vitro method for derivation and characterization of CSCs based on the intrinsic self-renewal prop...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/1574888x09666131217114927
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Notch signaling mediates the fates of numerous cells in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In the immune system, Notch signalling contributes to the generation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), the promotion of HSC self-renewal, T lineage commitment, intrathymic T cell development, and peripheral lymphocyte differe...
journal_title:Current stem cell research & therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/157488811795495459
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00