5. Treatment
strategies
Microfracture
A
C
I
MSC Therapy
(Cell based therapy)
Need for open
surgery
&
Long recovery
period
Chondrocyte
Dedifferentiation
&
Morbidity at the
donor site
Bioink
properties
&
Degradation
time
Dedifferentiation
&
Tumorigenicity
Scaffolds
Exosomal Therapy
(Cell free therapy)
6. To explore the therapeutic effect of MSC exosomes in a three dimensional (3D) printed scaffold for early
OA therapeutics.
Objective
7. 1. Exosomes isolation and identification
2. Preparation of the 3D printed, radially oriented ECM/GelMA/exosome bioink
3. Osteochondral defect models
4. Assessment of chondrocyte mitochondria
Materials & Methods