Bone tissue is a complex structure, consisting of mineralized collagen fibers and a variety of non-collagenous proteins, including proteoglycans such as biglycan and decorin. These proteoglycans ...
Ossification and concomitant vascularization are crucial processes for healing large bone fractures. Despite the multifunctional role of endothelial cells, vascularizing large bone grafts in ...
The hierarchical structure of bone gives rise to a hierarchical deformation via a staggered load transfer mechanism at the nanoscale. The yellow cylinders denote the mineralized collagen fibrils in ...