Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND AIM OF THE STUDY .................... 1
Chapter 2 RESULTS ............................................. 21
2.1 A polyethylene glycol-crosslinked serum albumin
hyaluronan hydrogel for the cultivation of
chondrogenic cell types ................................ 23
2.2 Rheological and biological properties of a hydrogel
support for cells intented for intervertebral disc
repair ................................................. 57
2.3 Intervertebral disc cell- and hydrogel-supported and
spontaneous intervertrebral disc repair in
nucleotomized sheep .................................... 87
2.4 Maintenance of "stem cell" features of cartilage cell
sub-populations during in vitro propagation ........... 111
Chapter 3 DISCUSSION ......................................... 165
Chapter 4 SUMMARY ............................................ 177
Chapter 5 DEUTSCHE ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ........................... 181
Chapter 6 REFERENCES ......................................... 185
Chapter 7 AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS ............................. 207
DANKSAGUNG ................................................. 211
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