Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Bone

Tissue engineering takes advantages of the combined use of cultured living cells and three-dimensional scaffolds to reconstruct adult tissues that are absent or malfunctioning. This book brings together scientists and clinicians working on a variety of approaches for regenerating of damaged or lost cartilage and bone to assess the progress of this dynamic field. In its early days, tissue engineering was driven by material scientists who designed novel bio-resorbable scaffolds on which to seed cells and grow tissues. This ground-breaking work generated high expectations, but there have been significant stumbling blocks holding back the widespread use of these techniques in the clinic. These challenges, and potential ways of overcoming them, are given thorough coverage in the discussions that follow each chapter. The key questions addressed in this book include the following. How good must cartilage repair be for it to be worthwhile? What is the best source of cells for tissue engineering of both bone and cartilage? Which are the most effective cell scaffolds? What are the best preclinical models for these technologies? And when it comes to clinical trials, what sort of outcome measures should be used? With contributions from some of the leading experts in this field, this timely publication will prove essential reading for anyone with an interest in the field of tissue engineering.

Tissue engineering takes advantages of the combined use of culturedliving cells and three-dimensional scaffolds to reconstruct adulttissues that are absent or malfunctioning. This book bringstogether scientists and clinicians working on a variety ofapproaches for regenerating of damaged or lost cartilage and boneto assess the progress of this dynamic field.In its early days, tissue engineering was driven by materialscientists who designed novel bio-resorbable scaffolds on which toseed cells and grow tissues. This ground-breaking work generatedhigh expectations, but there have been significant stumbling blocksholding back the widespread use of these techniques in the clinic.These challenges, and potential ways of overcoming them, are giventhorough coverage in the discussions that follow eachchapter.The key questions addressed in this book include the following. Howgood must cartilage repair be for it to be worthwhile? What is thebest source of cells for tissue engineering of both bone andcartilage? Which are the most effective cell scaffolds? What arethe best preclinical models for these technologies? And when itcomes to clinical trials, what sort of outcome measures should beused? With contributions from some of the leading experts in thisfield, this timely publication will prove essential reading foranyone with an interest in the field of tissue engineering.

Chair's Introduction (A. Caplan).Tissue engineering of cartilage: do we need it, can we do it, isit good and can we prove it? (L. Lohmander).Embryonic development and the principles of tissue engineering(A. Caplan).The fundamentals of tissue engineering: scaffolds andbioreactors (G. Vunjak-Novakovic).Tissue-engineered versus native cartilage: linkage betweencellular mechano-transduction and biomechanical properties (J. Leeet al.).From the preclinical model to the patient (E. Hunziker).Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in joint disease (F. Barry).Differentiated chondrocytes for cartilage tissue engineering (J.Huckle, et al.).Mesenchymal stem cells and bioceramics: strategies to regeneratethe skeleton (H. Ohgushi, et al.).Bone marrow stromal cells and their use in regenerating bone (R.Cancedda, et al.).Studying the effect of different macrostructures on invitro cell behaviour and in vivo bone formation using atissue engineering approach (R. Dekker, et al.).General discussion ICartilage repair with chondrocytes: clinical and cellularaspects (A. Lindahl, et al.).Qualitative and quantitative in vivo assessment ofarticular cartilage using magnetic resonance imaging (E. O'Byrneet al.).Hyaluronan-based scaffolds (Hyalograft¯® C) inthe treatment of knee cartilage defects: preliminary clinicalfindings (A. Pavesio, et al.).Quantitative analysis of repair tissue biopsies followingchondrocyte implantation (A. Hollander, et al.).General discussion II: Tissue engineering using recombinanthuman BMP2.Final discussion and summing-up.Index of contributors.Subject index.