Bioreactor Systems for Tissue Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Bioreactors in Tissue Engineering: Scientific Challenges and Clinical Perspectives

   • D. Wendt, S. A. Riboldi, M. Cioffi, I. Martin

   Pages 1-27

3. Bioreactor Technology in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

   • H. Mertsching, J. Hansmann

   Pages 29-37

4. Bioreactors for Guiding Muscle Tissue Growth and Development

   • R. G. Dennis, B. Smith, A. Philp, K. Donnelly, K. Baar

   Pages 39-79

5. Bioreactors for Connective Tissue Engineering: Design and Monitoring Innovations

   • A. J. El Haj, K. Hampson, G. Gogniat

   Pages 81-93

6. Mechanical Strain Using 2D and 3D Bioreactors Induces Osteogenesis: Implications for Bone Tissue Engineering

   • M. van Griensven, S. Diederichs, S. Roeker, S. Boehm, A. Peterbauer, S. Wolbank et al.

   Pages 95-123

7. Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering of Cartilage

   • S. Concaro, F. Gustavson, P. Gatenholm

   Pages 125-143

8. Technical Strategies to Improve Tissue Engineering of Cartilage-Carrier-Constructs

   • R. Pörtner, C. Goepfert, K. Wiegandt, R. Janssen, E. Ilinich, H. Paetzold et al.

   Pages 145-181

9. Application of Disposable Bag Bioreactors in Tissue Engineering and for the Production of Therapeutic Agents

   • R. Eibl, D. Eibl

   Pages 183-207

10. Methodology for Optimal In Vitro Cell Expansion in Tissue Engineering

    • J.M. Melero-Martin, S. Santhalingam, M. Al-Rubeai

    Pages 209-229

11. Bioreactor Studies and Computational Fluid Dynamics

    • H. Singh, D. W. Hutmacher

    Pages 231-249

12. Fluid Dynamics in Bioreactor Design: Considerations for the Theoretical and Practical Approach

    • B. Weyand, M. Israelowitz, H. P. von Schroeder, P. M. Vogt

    Pages 251-268

13. Back Matter

    Pages 269-271

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The editors of this special volume would first like to thank all authors for their excellent contributions. We would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheper, Dr. Marion Hertel and Ulrike Kreusel for providing the opportunity to compose this volume and Springer for organizational and technical support. Tissue engineering represents one of the major emerging fields in modern b- technology; it combines different subjects ranging from biological and material sciences to engineering and clinical disciplines. The aim of tissue engineering is the development of therapeutic approaches to substitute diseased organs or tissues or improve their function. Therefore, three dimensional biocompatible materials are seeded with cells and cultivated in suitable systems to generate functional tissues. Many different aspects play a role in the formation of 3D tissue structures. In the first place the source of the used cells is of the utmost importance. To prevent tissue rejection or immune response, preferentially autologous cells are now used. In particular, stem cells from different sources are gaining exceptional importance as they can be differentiated into different tissues by using special media and supplements. In the field of biomaterials, numerous scaffold materials already exist but new composites are also being developed based on polymeric, natural or xenogenic sources. Moreover, a very important issue in tissue en- neering is the formation of tissues under well defined, controlled and reprod- ible conditions. Therefore, a substantial number of new bioreactors have been developed.

• Eisen
• Monitor
• Tissue Engineering
• biochemistry
• biomaterial
• biotechnology
• bone
• cartilage
• cells
• chemistry
• genetics
• polymer
• tissue

• Institute of Technical Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  Cornelia Kasper

• Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für, Klinische und Experimentelle, Wien, Austria

  Martijn Griensven

• TU Hamburg-Harburg, Institut für Biotechnologie und Verfahrenstechnik Denickestr. 15, Hamburg, Germany

  Ralf Pörtner

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