Effect of chitin on nonwoven fabric implant in tendon healing

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-38

  Okamoto, Y ^a   Southwood, L ^b   Stashak, T S ^b   Norrdin, R W ^b   Nelson, A W ^b   Minami, S ^a   Matsuhashi, A ^a   Kato, K ^c   Shigemasa, Y ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYESTERS; TENDONS;

HISTOMORPHOMETRY; MACROSCOPIC EVALUATION;

CHITIN;

EID: 0031147602     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(97)00040-4     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Amadio, P.C. (1992) Tendon and ligament. In Wound Healing, Biochemical and Clinical Aspects, ed. I.K. Cohen, R.F. Diegelmann, and W.J. Lindblad, pp. 384-395. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
2. Almedia, B.M., Challacombe, S.J., Eveson, J.W., Smith, G.G. and Leigh, I.M. (1992) A novel lamina lucida component of epithelial and endothelial basement membranes detected by LH39 monoclonal antibody. J. Pathol. 166, 243-253.
3. Bertone, A.L., Stashak, T.S., Smith, F.W. and Norddin, R.W. (1990) A comparison of repair methods for gap healing in equine flexor tendon. Vet. Surg. 19, 254-265.
4. Gelberman, R.H., Vande Berg, J.S., Lundborg, g.N. and Akenson, W.H. (1983) Flexor tendon healing and restoration of the gliding surface. J. Bone Joint Surg. 65A, 70-80.
5. Minami, S., Okamoto, Y., Matsuhashi, A., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H., Shigemasa, Y., Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y. and Tokura, S. (1992) Application of chitin and chitosan in large animal practice. In Advances in Chitin and Chitosan, ed. C.J. Brine, P.A. Sandford, and J.P. Zikakis, pp. 61-69. Elsevier, New York.
6. 2 in dogs. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 57, 377-378.
7. Minami, S., Okamoto, Y., Miyatake, K., Matsuhashi, A., Kitamura, Y., Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y. and Shigemasa, Y. (1996) Chitin induces type IV collagen and elastic fiber in implanted non-woven fabric of polyester. Carbohydrate Polymers 29, 295-299.
8. Norrdin, R.W., Bordier, P. and Miller, C.W. (1977) Trabecular bone morphometry in beagles with chronic renal failure. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 375, 169-183.
9. Okamoto, Y., Minami, S., Matsuhashi, A., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H., Shigemasa, Y., Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y. and Tokura, S. (1992) Application of chitin and chitosan in small animals. In Advances in Chitin and Chitosan, ed. C.J. Brine, P.A. Sandford and J.P. Zikakis, pp. 70-78. Elsevier, New York.
10. Okamoto, Y., Minami, S., Matsuhashi, A., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H., Shigemasa, Y., Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y. and Tokura, S. (1993) Polymeric N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (chitin) induces histionic activation in dogs. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 55, 739-742.
11. Okamoto, Y., Minami, S., Matsuhashi, A., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H., Shigemasa, Y., Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y. and Tokura, S. (1993) Application of Polymeric N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (chitin) to veterinary practice. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 55, 743-747.
12. Peacock, E.F. (1984) Wound Repair, pp. 263-331. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
13. Quaglino, D., Nanney, L.B., Kennedy, R. and Davidson, J.M. (1990) Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates wound healing and modulates extracellular matrix gene expression in pig skin. Lab. Invest. 63, 307-319.
14. Quaglino, D., Nanney, L.B., Ditesheim, J.A. and Davidson, J.M. (1991) Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates wound healing and modulates extracellular matrix gene expression in pig skin: incisional wound model. J. Invest. Dermatol. 97, 34-42.
15. Tanigawa, T., Tanaka, Y., Tomita, K., Sasaki, T., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H., Shigemasa, Y., Okamoto, Y., Minami, S. and Matsuhashi, A. (1992) Effect of chitinon the production of interleukin-1β in human blood monocytes. Yonago Acta Medica 35, 147-150.
16. Tanioka, S., Okamoto, Y., Minami, S., Matsuhashi, A., Tokura, S., Sashiwa, H., Saimoto, H. and Shigemasa, Y. (1993) Development of chitin and chitosan biomaterials. In Carbohydrates and Carbohydrate Polymers, ed. M. Yalpani, pp. 153-164. ATL Press, Mount Prospect.