Collagen Scaffolds Incorporating Coincident Gradations of Instructive Structural and Biochemical Cues for Osteotendinous Junction Engineering.

Caliari, Steven R; Weisgerber, Daniel W; Grier, William K; Mahmassani, Ziad; Boppart, Marni D; Harley, Brendan A C · Adv Healthc Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A fully 3D biomaterial containing overlapping gradations of structural, compositional, and biomolecular cues as seen in native orthopedic interfaces is described for the first time. A multi-compartment collagen scaffold is created for engineering tendon-bone junctions connected by a continuous interface that can induce spatially specific MSC differentiation down tenogenic and osteogenic lineages without the use of differentiation media.

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