Stabilization of fibronectin mats with micromolar concentrations of copper

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-209

  Ahmed, Zubair ^a   Idowu, Bernadine D ^a   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper ions; Fibroblasts; Fibronectin; Fibronectin strands; Schwann cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX CELL ADHESION GLYCOPROTEIN; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTIN; MICROMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COPPER; GROWTH KINETICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

COPPER ION; COPPER SULFATE; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWANN CELL; TEMPERATURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; COPPER; DRUG STABILITY; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS; SKIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033082018     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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