Cross-linking cartilage

Interfacing Cartilage Against Cross-linked Cartilage... 

The Interfacing of cartilage against lightly cross-linked cartilage was achieved as follows Large diameter plugs (Dlam. = ... 

Under constant pressure, against stainless steel, interrupted sliding for different periods had no effect on the tissue s wear rates. This was not the case when the tissue was worn against slightly cross-linked cartilage. (In these... 

Polysiloxanes are widely employed as biomaterials. Artificial skin can be fabricated from a bilayer fabricated from a cross-linked mixture of bovine hide, collagen, and chondroitin sulfate derived from shark cartilage with a thin top layer of polysiloxane. The polysiloxane acts as a moisture and oxygen-permeable support and protects the lower layer from the outer world. A number of drug delivery systems use polysiloxanes because of the flexibility and porous nature of the material. 

The polypeptide precursors of the collagen molecule are formed in fibroblasts (or in the related osteoblasts of bone and chondro blasts of cartilage), and are secreted into the extracellular matrix. After enzymic modification, the mature collagen monomers aggre gate and become cross-linked to form collagen fibrils. 

II [ 1(II)]3 Cartilage, vitreous humor More highly cross-linked high carbohydrate high hydroxylysine... 

Collagen is a natural fibrous protein found in human cartilage, connective tissue, and bone. Glutaraldehyde cross-linked bovine collagen is a sterile, biocompatible, biodegradable, purified bovine dermocollagen cross-linked with glutaraldehyde, mixed in a phosphate-buffered saline solution. 

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