Functional tissue engineering for ligament healing: Potential of antisense gene therapy

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-351

  Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Jia, Fengyan ^a   Zou, Li ^a   Gabriel, Mary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense gene therapy; Ligament healing; Medial collateral ligament; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENE THERAPY; LIGAMENT HEALING; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRESS;

LIGAMENTS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENE THERAPY; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2942594136     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000017551.93144.1a     Document Type: Article

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