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| Gellan gum: a new biomaterial for cartilage tissue engineering applications JT Oliveira, L Martins, R Picciochi, PB Malafaya, RA Sousa, NM Neves, ... Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A: An Official Journal of The …, 2010 | 411 | 2010 |
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| In vitro model of vascularized bone: synergizing vascular development and osteogenesis C Correia, WL Grayson, M Park, D Hutton, B Zhou, XE Guo, L Niklason, ... PloS one 6 (12), e28352, 2011 | 167 | 2011 |
| 3D plotted PCL scaffolds for stem cell based bone tissue engineering P Yilgor, RA Sousa, RL Reis, N Hasirci, V Hasirci Macromolecular symposia 269 (1), 92-99, 2008 | 167 | 2008 |
| The osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells cultured with dexamethasone-loaded carboxymethylchitosan/poly (amidoamine) dendrimer nanoparticles JM Oliveira, RA Sousa, N Kotobuki, M Tadokoro, M Hirose, JF Mano, ... Biomaterials 30 (5), 804-813, 2009 | 165 | 2009 |
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| Development and characterization of a novel hybrid tissue engineering–based scaffold for spinal cord injury repair NA Silva, AJ Salgado, RA Sousa, JT Oliveira, AJ Pedro, H Leite-Almeida, ... Tissue Engineering Part A 16 (1), 45-54, 2010 | 147 | 2010 |
| Extraction and physico-chemical characterization of a versatile biodegradable polysaccharide obtained from green algae A Alves, SG Caridade, JF Mano, RA Sousa, RL Reis Carbohydrate Research 345 (15), 2194-2200, 2010 | 144 | 2010 |
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| The enhancement of the mechanical properties of a high‐density polyethylene G Kalay, RA Sousa, RL Reis, AM Cunha, MJ Bevis Journal of applied polymer science 73 (12), 2473-2483, 1999 | 115 | 1999 |
| Characterization of ulvan extracts to assess the effect of different steps in the extraction procedure C Costa, A Alves, PR Pinto, RA Sousa, EAB da Silva, RL Reis, ... Carbohydrate Polymers 88 (2), 537-546, 2012 | 112 | 2012 |
