Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to quantify VEGF-enhanced tissue-engineered bladder graft neovascularization: Pilot study

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 390-395

  Cartwright, Lisa ^a   Farhat, Walid A ^a,c   Sherman, Christopher ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Babyn, Paul ^a   Yeger, Herman ^a   Cheng, Hai Ling Margaret ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acellular matrix; Angiogenesis; Bladder; Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR MATRIX; ANGIOGENESIS; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MRI; GRAFT HARVEST;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CD31 ANTIGEN; DYE; EOSIN; GADOLINIUM; HEMATOXYLIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MASSON TRICHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STROMA CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTS; URINARY BLADDER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33749040644     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30648     Document Type: Article

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