Scaffold

Cell biology

Biology

Biomedical engineering

Materials science

Tissue engineering

Cartilage

Regeneration (biology)

Alternative medicine

Anatomy

Osteoarthritis

Medicine

Articular cartilage

Subchondral bone

Pathology

Journal of Materials Chemistry B

The tissue engineering approach for repairing osteochondral (OC) defects involves the fabrication of a biological tissue scaffold that mimics the physiological properties of natural OC tissue (<italic>e.g.</italic>, the gradient transition between the cartilage surface and the subchondral bone).

Gradient scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering and regeneration