Small-diameter artificial arteries engineered in vitro

Circulation Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Isenberg, Brett C ^a,b   Williams, Chrysanthi ^a,c   Tranquillo, Robert T ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c EnduraTEC Systems Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Collagen; Elastin; Tissue engineering; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRINOGEN; GELATINASE A; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; BIOMATERIAL; FIBRIN; POLYMER;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; CIRCULATION; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTORS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBRIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33644846787     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000196867.12470.84     Document Type: Review

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