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The Effect of Matrix Tension-Compression Nonlinearity and Fixed Negative Charges on Chondrocyte Responses in Cartilage

Morakot Likhitpanichkul¹, X. Edward Guo², Van C. Mow^1,3

1 The Liu Ping Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
2 Bone Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
3 Corresponding author, Stanley Dicker Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace 500 West 120^th Street, New York, NY 10027. Telephone: (212) 854-8462 Fax: (212) 854-8725 Email: vcm1@columbia.edu