Controlled release of endothelial cell growth factor from chitosan-albumin microspheres for localized angiogenesis: In vitro and in vivo studies

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-271

  Elçin, Y Murat ^a,b   Dixit, Vivek ^b   Gitnick, Gary ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chitosan albumin; Controlled release; Endothelial cell growth factor; Fibers; Microspheres; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; FIBERS; METHANOL; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALBUMIN; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL SEEDING; CHITOSAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDIES; IN VIVO STUDIES; MICROSPHERES; NEOVASCULARIZATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

CHITOSAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; MICROSPHERE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RELEASE; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; PHARMACOLOGY; RAT; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029931232     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10731199609117438     Document Type: Article

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