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Grant of the Government of the Russian Federation for the state support of scientific researches, which are conducted under the guidance of leading scientists in Russian educational institutions of higher professional education (agreement No. 11.G34.31.0065 dated October 19, 2011)
Regeneration of airways and lung
The official website of the project "Investigating the molecular mechanisms and underlying pathways of regenerative medicine approaches the tissue-engineering and cell therapy of airways and lungs"
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Main pageCompaction enhances extracellular matrix content and mechanical properties of tissue engineered cartilaginous constructs
Scientiests from the University of California, San Diego, hypothesized that the load-bearing mechanical properties of cartilaginous constructs improve with the inclusion of collagen (COL) and proteoglycan (PG) during assembly. The objectives of this work were to determine the effect of addition of PG, COL, or COL+PG on compressive properties of 2% agarose constructs and the ability of mechanical compaction to concentrate matrix content and improve the compressive properties of such constructs. The inclusion of COL+PG improved the compressive properties of hydrogel constructs compared to PG or COL alone. These results support the concepts that the assembly of cartilaginous constructs with COL+PG and application of mechanical compaction enhance the ECM content and compressive properties of engineered cartilaginous constructs.
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ten.TEA.2011.0300?elq=7c3e9838d6b34dce8303e9490bbf0a55