The role of electrospinning in the emerging field of nanomedicine

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 12, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 4751-4770

  Chew, S Y ^a   Wen, Y ^b   Dzenis, Y ^b   Leong, Kam W ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Electrospun collagen ribbons; Fabrication; Lipophilic drugs; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CELLULOSE ACETATE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DNA; ELASTIN; FIBRINOGEN; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; ITRACONAZOLE; MACROGOL; PACLITAXEL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE CELL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751519062     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161206779026326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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