Techniques for biological characterization of tissue-engineered tendon and ligament

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-202

  Doroski, Derek M ^a   Brink, Kelly S ^a   Temenoff, Johnna S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterial scaffold; Characterization techniques; Ligament tissue engineering; Tendon tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLD; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING; TENDON TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TISSUE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

COLLAGEN; DYE; HYDROXYPROLINE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TENASCIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DONOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENDON INJURY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33749555329     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.08.040     Document Type: Review

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