Feasibility of vitrification as a storage method for tissue-engineered blood vessels

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-300

  Dahl, Shannon L M ^a   Chen, Zhenzhen ^b   Solan, Amy K ^a   Brockbank, Kelvin G M ^b   Niklason, Laura E ^a,c   Song, Ying C ^b,d  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Organ Recovery Systems Inc   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE; VITRIFICATION;

CONTRACTILITY; CRYOPRESERVATIONS; CRYOSUBSTITUTION METHODS; ICE FORMATION; MULTICELLULAR SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ICE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOSUBSTITUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FREEZING; GLUCOSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; PAPAVERINE; PERMEABILITY; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645538691     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.291     Document Type: Article

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