Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-12-2010
Abstract
Bone tissue engineering aims to generate clinically applicable bone graft substitutes in an effort to ease the demands and reduce the potential risks associated with traditional autograft and allograft bone replacement procedures. Biomechanical stimuli play an important role under physiologically relevant conditions in the normal formation, development, and homeostasis of bone tissue--predominantly, strain (predicted levels in vivo for humans <2000>με) caused by physical deformation, and fluid shear stress (0.8-3 Pa), generated by interstitial fluid movement through lacunae caused by compression and tension under loading. Therefore, in vitro bone tissue cultivation strategies seek to incorporate biochemical stimuli in an effort to create more physiologically relevant constructs for grafting. This review is focused on collating information pertaining to the relationship between fluid shear stress, cellular deformation, and osteogenic differentiation, providing further insight into the optimal culture conditions for the creation of bone tissue substitutes.
Disciplines
Anatomy
Citation
McCoy RJ, O'Brien, FJ. Influence of shear stress in perfusion bioreactor cultures for the development of three-dimensional bone tissue constructs: a review. Tissue Engineering Part B Review. 2010;16(6):577-585.
PubMed ID
20799909
Link to this item at
http://epubs.rcsi.ie/anatart/35
DOI Link
10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0370

Comments
This is a copy of an article published in the Tissue Engineering Part B Review © 2010 [copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.]; Tissue Engineering Part B Review is available online at: http://www.liebertonline.com.