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Table 4 Osteochondral 3D bioprinting: materials, cells and characterizations

From: Systematic review on the application of 3D-bioprinting technology in orthoregeneration: current achievements and open challenges

First author

Materials

Cells

Material Characterization

In vitro tests

In vivo assay

Ref #

Ahlfeld

Calcium phosphate cement, alginate-methylcellulose

Human MSCs

SEM, mechanical

Viability, microscopy

 

[4]

Critchley

PCL, PLA, PLGA, alginate, agarose

Porcine or goat BMSCs, chondrocytes, adipose derived stromal cells

Mechanical

Histology, immunohistochemistry

Subcutaneous in nude mice

[39]

Deng

Silk fibroin-methacrylic anhydride, GelMA, LAP

Rabbit articular chondrocytes, rabbit BMSCs

Rheology, mechanical, degradation, microscopy

Immunofluorescence, viability, qPCR, biochemistry

Osteochondral defect in rabbit

[51]

Fedorovich

Alginate, calcium phosphate particles

Human MSCs, human articular chondrocytes

Rheology, mechanical

Viability, fluorescence, immunohistochemistry

Subcutaneous in nude mice

[60]

Kang

PCL, pluronic f127, tricalcium phosphate

Human adipose derived stromal cells

 

Viability, histology

 

[89]

Kilian

Calcium phosphate cement (CPC), alginate-methylcellulose,

Human articular chondrocytes

 

Viability, immunofluorescence, qPCR, medium composition analysis

 

[95]

Levato

PLA, GelMA, type I collagen

Rat MSCs

Mechanical

Biochemistry, viability, histology, immunofluorescence

 

[109]

Moses

Silk fibroin, hydroxyapatite, polyvinylpyrrolidone

Pig adipose derived stromal cells

Rheology, light scattering, XRD

Viability, biochemistry, immunohistochemistry, tube formation assay

Implanted using insulin syringe, not bioprinted sub-cutaneous implant

[131]

Schuurman

PCL, alginate

Human articular chondrocytes

Mechanical

Viability

 

[165]

Shim

Hyaluronic acid, atelocollagen, PCL

Human turbinate-derived MSCs

SEM

Viability, immunofluorescence, qPCR, histology

Patellar defect in rabbits

[169]