Plasma surface modification of artificial corneas for optimal epithelialization

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Latkany, R ^a   Tsuk, A ^a   Sheu, M S ^b   Loh, I H ^b   Trinkaus Randall, V ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Surface Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Integrin; Plasma treatment; Synthetic cornea

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; HYDROGELS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS;

PROSTHETICS;

COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; EPITHELIZATION; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRIN BETA4; LAMININ; MATERIALS TESTING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031195135     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199707)36:1<29::AID-JBM4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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