Research progress of adipose-derived stem cells in osteochondral tissue engineering / 国际生物医学工程杂志

ABSTRACT

With the rapid development of medical sciences in recent years,tissue engineering technology has made great achievements,while the choosing of seed cells has been a major focus of the field.Adipose-derived cells have the advantages of rapid expansion,good stability,no immune rejection and potential of multiplex differentiation.They can differentiate into cells originated from different germ layers such asadipocytes,osteoblasts,chondrocytes,endothelial cells,myocytes,neuronal cells and so on.Besides,adipose tissue can be harvested easily and substantially with small trauma to human body.So ADSCs are expected to be an ideal choice of seed cells in tissue engineering.This article introduces the research progress of ADSCs in osteochondral tissue engineering.