Oriented Schwann cell growth on micropatterned biodegradable polymer substrates

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1263-1269

  Miller, Cheryl ^a   Shanks, Howard ^a   Witt, Anthony ^a   Rutkowski, Gregory ^a   Mallapragada, Surya ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Micropatterned polymers; Nerve regeneration; Poly(D,L lactic acid); Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPRESSION MOLDING; PROTEINS; QUARTZ; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

CELL ALIGNMENT;

CELL CULTURE;

LAMININ; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL GROWTH; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TECHNIQUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL DIVISION; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0035372004     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00278-7     Document Type: Article

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