Contraction of collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrices by peripheral nerve cells in vitro

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1085-1093

  Spilker, M H ^a   Asano, K ^a   Yannas, I V ^a   Spector, M ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen matrix; Contraction; Myofibroblast; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL SIZE; COLLAGEN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0035101746     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00345-8     Document Type: Article

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