TY - JOUR AU - Pretzel, David AU - Linss, Stefanie AU - Ahrem, Hannes AU - Endres, Michaela AU - Kaps, Christian AU - Klemm, Dieter AU - Kinne, Raimund W. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/05/14 TI - A novel in vitro bovine cartilage punch model for assessing the regeneration of focal cartilage defects with biocompatible bacterial nanocellulose JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R59 VL - 15 IS - 3 AB - Current therapies for articular cartilage defects fail to achieve qualitatively sufficient tissue regeneration, possibly because of a mismatch between the speed of cartilage rebuilding and the resorption of degradable implant polymers. The present study focused on the self-healing capacity of resident cartilage cells in conjunction with cell-free and biocompatible (but non-resorbable) bacterial nanocellulose (BNC). This was tested in a novel in vitro bovine cartilage punch model. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4231 DO - 10.1186/ar4231 ID - Pretzel2013 ER -