Cells, scaffolds, and molecules for myocardial tissue engineering

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-163

  Leor, Jonathan ^a   Amsalem, Yoram ^a   Cohen, Smadar ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Cell; Heart; Scaffold; Tissue engineering; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOMATERIAL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBRIN GLUE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MICROSPHERE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYGLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RELEASE; EDEMA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 12844288101     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2004.10.003     Document Type: Review

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