Creating bioabsorbable Schwann cell coated conduits through tissue engineering

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-229

  Koshimune, Masaru ^a   Takamatsu, Kiyohito ^a   Nakatsuka, Hirotada ^a   Inui, Kentaro ^a   Yamano, Yoshiki ^a   Ikada, Yoshito ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable film; Nerve conduit; Regeneration; Schwann cell; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOABSORBTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EPSILON CAPROLACTONE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIDE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LACTONES; MATERIALS TESTING; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYESTERS; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; STENTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041428066     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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