Renal tissue reconstitution by the implantation of renal segments on biodegradable polymer scaffolds

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1505-1508

  Kim, Sang Soo ^a,b   Park, Heung Jae ^c   Han, Joungho ^d   Choi, Cha Yong ^b   Kim, Byung Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer scaffold; Renal reconstitution; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGENERATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141453607     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025490718221     Document Type: Article

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