Cell-based cartilaginous graft as active PGRN delivery system.

• Main Author: Tan, Li Fang.
• Other Authors: Wang Dongan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Arthritis is a group of chronic diseases distinguished by the inflammation of joints, due to the proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix components, which leads to the gradual loss of articular cartilage and bone. The most frequently-occurring arthritis is osteoarthritis (OA), where injury o...