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Tissue engineering of cartilage, tendon and bone

  • Hengyun SUN 1,2 ,
  • Wei LIU 1,2 ,
  • Guangdong ZHOU 1,2 ,
  • Wenjie ZHANG 1,2 ,
  • Lei CUI 1,2 ,
  • Yilin CAO , 1,2
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  • 1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai 200011, China
  • 2. National Tissue Engineering Center of China, Shanghai 200241, China

Received date: 24 Dec 2010

Accepted date: 27 Jan 2011

Published date: 05 Mar 2011

Copyright

2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Tissue engineering aims to produce a functional tissue replacement to repair defects. Tissue reconstruction is an essential step toward the clinical application of engineered tissues. Significant progress has recently been achieved in this field. In our laboratory, we focus on construction of cartilage, tendon and bone. The purpose of this review was to summarize the advances in the engineering of these three tissues, particularly focusing on tissue regeneration and defect repair in our laboratory. In cartilage engineering, articular cartilage was reconstructed and defects were repaired in animal models. More sophisticated tissues, such as cartilage in the ear and trachea, were reconstructed both in vitro and in vivo with specific shapes and sizes. Engineered tendon was generated in vitro and in vivo in many animal models with tenocytes or dermal fibroblasts in combination with appropriate mechanical loading. Cranial and limb bone defects were also successfully regenerated and repaired in large animals. Based on sophisticated animal studies, several clinical trials of engineered bone have been launched with promising preliminary results, displaying the high potential for clinical application.

Cite this article

Hengyun SUN , Wei LIU , Guangdong ZHOU , Wenjie ZHANG , Lei CUI , Yilin CAO . Tissue engineering of cartilage, tendon and bone[J]. Frontiers of Medicine, 2011 , 5(1) : 61 -69 . DOI: 10.1007/s11684-011-0122-1

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2005CB522702) and Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2006AA02A126). We appreciate the contributions to this article from Drs. Deli Liu, Qingxin Shang, Gang Chai, Dejun Cao, Lian Zhu, Yanchun Liu, Yulai Weng, Xia Liu, Kai Liu, Xusong Luo, Jie Yuan, Bin Wang, Dan Yan, Dan Deng, Lu Zhang, Ting Jiang, Yiyi Gong and Yu Liu. We appreciate the technical assistance of Demin Yin, JuanjuanWu, Wanyao Xia, Lijuan Zong, Jinjun Chen, and Junhong Lu. We are also grateful to Dr. Kara Spiller for language editing.
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