Glutaraldehyde crosslinking of collagen substrates inhibits degradation in skin substitutes grafted to athymic mice

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Harriger, M Dana ^a,b   Supp, Andrew P ^b   Warden, Glenn D ^a,b   Boyce, Steven T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; GRAFT VS. HOST REACTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SKIN; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ATHYMIC MICE; GLUTARALDEHYDE CROSSLINKING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN SUBSTITUTES; VASCULARIZATION;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTARAL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; SKIN; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SOLUBILITY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031149221     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199705)35:2<137::AID-JBM1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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