Enhancement of the mechanical and biological properties of a biomembrane for tissue engineering the ocular surface

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-214

  Zhu, Xiao ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b   Chan Park, Mary B E ^c   Cheng, Zhiyuan ^b   Ang, Leonard P K ^a,b,d   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomembrane; Chitosan; Conjunctival epithelia; Gelatin; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CYTOKERATIN; GELATIN; KERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745210340     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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