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Table 7 Effect of perfusion bioreactor on chondrocyte proliferation and matrix composition

From: Shear bioreactors stimulating chondrocyte regeneration, a systematic review

 

Pa

Rate

Cell proliferation

Collagen

GAG

Proteoglycan

Scaffold

[35]

0.33 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Collagen2 increase 240%

300% (S)180% (NS)

Increase 35% aggrecan

Collagen sponges

[36]

1 μm/s

Chondrocyte

155% increase

Increase 184%

Increase 118%

PLLA/PGA

[37]

0.01

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Micro-porous scaffolds

[38]

0.01

0.5 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Polyestherurethane foams

[39]

0.1.

2 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Explant

[40]

0.1 ml/min

Human mesenchymal stem cells

Increase

Increase

Increase

Polycaprolactone (PCL) beads

[41]

3 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Alginate

[42]

0.33 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone

[43]

1000, 300 μm/s

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Collagen sponges

[44]

0.05–0.45

0.005–0.045 ml/min

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

Polyurethane

[45]

10 μm/s

Chondrocyte

Increase

Increase

Increase

No scaffolds