Abstract

Articular cartilage functions as a bearing surface in freely moving joints such as hip and knee. It provides a low friction surface with excellent wear characteristics, it helps to distribute joint contact loads over a larger area than would be present if there was bone-to-bone contact, and it performs these functions while loaded at several times body-weight. Tissue engineered cartilage must be able to perform the same mechanical functions as native tissue. The Biomechanics Core Facility will provide material testing and general biomechanical expertise for evaluation of tissue-engineered constructs. Material properties will be determined using widely accepted test methods and models. Functional aspects of the repair will be investigated using specialized tests. In addition to supporting PROJECTS I, II, and III, biomechanical investigations will benefit from imaging capabilities of the Morphology core.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01AR053622-04
Application #
8309232
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAR1)
Project Start
2011-08-01
Project End
2013-07-31
Budget Start
2011-08-01
Budget End
2012-07-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$138,798
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Case Western Reserve University
Department
Type
DUNS #
077758407
City
Cleveland
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
44106

  Publications

Whitney, G Adam; Kean, Thomas J; Fernandes, Russell J et al. (2018) Thyroxine Increases Collagen Type II Expression and Accumulation in Scaffold-Free Tissue-Engineered Articular Cartilage. Tissue Eng Part A 24:369-381
Chou, Chih-Ling; Rivera, Alexander L; Williams, Valencia et al. (2017) Micrometer scale guidance of mesenchymal stem cells to form structurally oriented large-scale tissue engineered cartilage. Acta Biomater 60:210-219
Whitney, G Adam; Jayaraman, Karthik; Dennis, James E et al. (2017) Scaffold-free cartilage subjected to frictional shear stress demonstrates damage by cracking and surface peeling. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 11:412-424
Kean, Thomas J; Mera, Hisashi; Whitney, G Adam et al. (2016) Disparate response of articular- and auricular-derived chondrocytes to oxygen tension. Connect Tissue Res 57:319-33
Whitney, G A; Mansour, J M; Dennis, J E (2015) Coefficient of Friction Patterns Can Identify Damage in Native and Engineered Cartilage Subjected to Frictional-Shear Stress. Ann Biomed Eng 43:2056-68
Chung, Chen-Yuan; Heebner, Joseph; Baskaran, Harihara et al. (2015) Ultrasound Elastography for Estimation of Regional Strain of Multilayered Hydrogels and Tissue-Engineered Cartilage. Ann Biomed Eng 43:2991-3003
Kean, Thomas J; Dennis, James E (2015) Synoviocyte Derived-Extracellular Matrix Enhances Human Articular Chondrocyte Proliferation and Maintains Re-Differentiation Capacity at Both Low and Atmospheric Oxygen Tensions. PLoS One 10:e0129961
Correa, D; Somoza, R A; Lin, P et al. (2015) Sequential exposure to fibroblast growth factors (FGF) 2, 9 and 18 enhances hMSC chondrogenic differentiation. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 23:443-53
Chung, Chen-Yuan; Mansour, Joseph M (2015) Determination of poroelastic properties of cartilage using constrained optimization coupled with finite element analysis. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 42:10-8
Mansour, Joseph M; Gu, Di-Win Marine; Chung, Chen-Yuan et al. (2014) Towards the feasibility of using ultrasound to determine mechanical properties of tissues in a bioreactor. Ann Biomed Eng 42:2190-202

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