In vitro enhancement of collagen matrix formation and crosslinking for applications in tissue engineering: A preliminary study

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Lareu, Ricky R ^a,b   Arsianti, Irma ^a   Subramhanya, Harve Karthik ^a   Yanxian, Peng ^a   Raghunath, Michael ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CROSSLINKING; DEPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; TISSUE CULTURE;

ENZYMATIC EXTRACELLULAR CONVERSION; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECT (EYE); EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FIBRONECTIN; PROCOLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEXTRAN SULFATE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847035543     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.0224     Document Type: Article

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