Main scaffolds used for the 3-dimensional culture and transplantation of chondrogenic cells in cartilage tissue engineering.
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Main scaffolds used for the 3-dimensional culture and transplantation of chondrogenic cells in cartilage tissue engineering.
| Proteic | Collagen [6, 83, 87, 88] |
| Fibrin [89, 93–95] | |
| Laminin (Matrigel ™) [148, 149] | |
| Gelatin [113, 150] | |
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| Polysaccharidic | Agarose [98–100] |
| Alginate [103, 105, 106] | |
| Hyaluronic acid* [32] | |
| Chitosan [115] | |
| Cellulose [118, 121, 151] | |
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| Synthetic | Poly lactic acid [152, 153] |
| Poly glycolic acid [127] | |
| Carbon fibres [129] | |
| Dacron (polyethylene terephtalate) Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) [130, 131] | |
| Polyestherurethane [154] | |
| Polybutyric acid [155] | |
| Polyethylemethacrylate [156] | |