Intra-articular injection of epigallocatechin (EGCG) crosslinks and alters biomechanical properties of articular cartilage, a study via nanoindentation

• Mary Pat Reiter,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7339-5128

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• Shawn H. Ward,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Barbara Perry,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Adrian Mann,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Joseph W. Freeman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joseph.freeman@rutgers.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-9517

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• Moti L. Tiku

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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